empört

[ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t]

/[ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t]/ adj

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The verdict

“empört” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,889
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr verärgert über etwas sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-emport · empört · German

empört · rank #9,889 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,889
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Emissionen

Nearest frequency peer: Emissionen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „empört“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „empört“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

empört vs Export
50% similar
empört vs expert
67% similar
empört vs erhört
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for empört
PropertyValue
Headwordempört
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,889
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „empört“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).empörtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Emissionen“ (#9,888), „engineering“ (#9,890), „einzustellen“ (#9,887). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „empört“ bei #9,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around empört (IPA [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,889 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sehr verärgert über etwas sein".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for empört, with forms such as "emmpört", "emppört", and "empröt". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Export", "expert", "erhört", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is empört, spelled E-M-P-Ö-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr verärgert über etwas sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how empört appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich war zutiefst empört über die Frechheit der Schüler.
  2. Empört verließ er das Gebäude, nachdem ihm lauter Vorwürfe gemacht wurden.

This word in other languages

indignant(English)indignado(Español)indigné(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmpört
  • emppört
  • empröt
  • empörrt
  • empörtt
  • empötr
  • emöprt
  • epmört
  • mepört

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empört - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emmpört1emppört1empröt2empörrt1empörtt1empötr2emöprt2epmört2
Edit distance from "empört"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empört"?
"empört" is spelled E-M-P-Ö-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t].
What does "empört" mean?
As an adjective, "empört" means: sehr verärgert über etwas sein
What words are commonly confused with "empört"?
"empört" is commonly confused with "Export", "expert", "erhört". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empört"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empört" is [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empört" come from?
"empört" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "empört", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dinner#9,880Festes#9,901formal#9,903fährst#9,907

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Feature9 variantsgelobt9 variantsgewagt9 variantsgrünes9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list