empfiehlt

/[ɛmˈp͡fiːlt]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,420

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

empfiehlt is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs empfehlen Pronounced [ɛmˈp͡fiːlt]. It ranks #4,420 in German word frequency. Often confused with empfehle.

Key facts for empfiehlt
PropertyValue
Headwordempfiehlt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛmˈp͡fiːlt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,420
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of empfiehlt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for empfiehlt is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛmˈp͡fiːlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,420 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs empfehlen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for empfiehlt, with forms such as "emfpiehlt", "emmpfiehlt", and "empfeihlt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "empfehle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is empfiehlt, spelled E-M-P-F-I-E-H-L-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs empfehlen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emfpiehlt,emmpfiehlt,empfeihlt,empffiehlt,empfiehhlt,empfiehllt,empfiehltt,empfiehtl,empfielht,empfihelt,empifehlt,emppfiehlt,epmfiehlt,mepfiehlt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empfiehlt

Misspelling Variants of "empfiehlt"

emfpiehlt9emmpfiehlt10empfeihlt9empffiehlt10empfiehhlt10empfiehllt10empfiehltt10empfiehtl9
Misspelling Variants of "empfiehlt"

Frequency rank: #4,420 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empfiehlt"?
"empfiehlt" is spelled E-M-P-F-I-E-H-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛmˈp͡fiːlt].
What does "empfiehlt" mean?
As a verb, "empfiehlt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs empfehlen
What words are commonly confused with "empfiehlt"?
"empfiehlt" is commonly confused with "empfehle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empfiehlt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empfiehlt" is [ɛmˈp͡fiːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empfiehlt" come from?
"empfiehlt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.