Eminenz
[emiˈnɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Eminenz” is an uncommon German word, ranked #57,801 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,801
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Würdentitel und protokollarische Anrede der Kardinäle der römisch-katholischen Kirche und altorientalischer Bischöfe; Anrede als Seine Eminenz
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eminenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [emiˈnɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eminenz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eminenz is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [emiˈnɛnt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,801 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for Eminenz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eminenz, spelled E-M-I-N-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Würdentitel und protokollarische Anrede der Kardinäle der römisch-katholischen Kirche und altorientalischer Bischöfe; Anrede als Seine Eminenz
- 2eine solche Person, Kardinal
This word in other languages
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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Using “Eminenz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-M-I-N-E-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [emiˈnɛnt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.