Empfängnis
[ɛmˈp͡fɛŋnɪs]
The verdict
“Empfängnis” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,771. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,771
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Schwangerwerden, die Verschmelzung der Eizelle mit einem Spermium bei der Befruchtung und die Entstehung eines Keims beim Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-empfangnis · Empfängnis · German
Empfängnis · rank #41,771 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,771
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH empfange
Nearest frequency peer: empfange (-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 “Empfängnis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Eizellen
Eizellen
58,234 corpus weight
- emerging
emerging
58,233 corpus weight
- empfange
empfange
58,231 corpus weight
- Empfängnis
Empfängnis
58,230 corpus weight
- empörte
empörte
58,229 corpus weight
- empörten
empörten
58,228 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Empfängnis” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Empfängnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmˈp͡fɛŋnɪs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #41,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Empfängnis” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Empfängnis (IPA [ɛmˈp͡fɛŋnɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,771 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Schwangerwerden, die Verschmelzung der Eizelle mit einem Spermium bei der Befruchtung und die Entstehung eines Keims beim Menschen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Empfängnis, with forms such as "emfpängnis", "emmpfängnis", and "empffängnis". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Empfängers", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Empfängnis, spelled E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1das Schwangerwerden, die Verschmelzung der Eizelle mit einem Spermium bei der Befruchtung und die Entstehung eines Keims beim Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Empfängnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„1976 - Der Bundestag verabschiedet eine Reform des Paragrafen 218. Bei ethischer, medizinischer oder sozialer Notlage der Frau bleibt ein Schwangerschaftsabbruch in den ersten drei Monaten nach der Empfängnis straffrei.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emfpängnis
- emmpfängnis
- empffängnis
- empfnägnis
- empfägnnis
- empfänggnis
- empfängins
- empfängniss
- empfängnnis
- empfängnsi
- empfänngis
- empfänngnis
- emppfängnis
- empäfngnis
- epmfängnis
- mepfängnis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Empfängnis - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Empfängnis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Empfängers". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #41,771 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
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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.