Elternhaus
[ˈɛltɐnˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Elternhaus” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,586
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Haus, in dem man als Kind aufwuchs
Corpus desk
Index DE-elternhaus · Elternhaus · German
Elternhaus · rank #13,586 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,586
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entsorgen
Nearest frequency peer: entsorgen (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Elternhaus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ehen
Ehen
86,418 corpus weight
- eingeteilt
eingeteilt
86,417 corpus weight
- Elternhaus
Elternhaus
86,415 corpus weight
- entsorgen
entsorgen
86,414 corpus weight
- entsorgt
entsorgt
86,413 corpus weight
- erfolgreich…
erfolgreichste
86,412 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Elternhaus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elternhaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛltɐnˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Elternhaus” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Elternhaus (IPA [ˈɛltɐnˌhaʊ̯s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,586 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Elternhaus, with forms such as "eletrnhaus", "ellternhaus", and "eltenrhaus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Elternhaus, spelled E-L-T-E-R-N-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1das Haus, in dem man als Kind aufwuchs
- 2die Familie mit ihrer Art der Erziehung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Elternhaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den frühen Morgenstunden packte er kalt entschlossen statt der Schulsachen ein paar Kleider in seinen Ranzen, dazu alles Geld, das er sich insgeheim mühsam zusammengespart hatte, und verließ sein Elternhaus, um fast drei Jahrzehnte lang nicht wiederzukehren, auch nicht zum Begräbnis seiner Mutter.“
„Es hatte sein Elternhaus mit dreizehn Jahren verlassen, und wäre es früher möglich gewesen, er hätte es getan.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eletrnhaus
- ellternhaus
- eltenrhaus
- elterhnaus
- elternahus
- elternhasu
- elternhauss
- elternhhaus
- elternhuas
- elternnhaus
- elterrnhaus
- eltrenhaus
- eltternhaus
- etlernhaus
- leternhaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Elternhaus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.