empörten
[ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“empörten” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #41,773 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #41,773
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
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 | empörten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empörten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for empörten is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,773 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for empörten, with forms such as "emmpörten", "emppörten", and "empröten". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Exporte", "Experten", "empört", and more, 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 empörten, spelled E-M-P-Ö-R-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs empört
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emmpörten,emppörten,empröten,empöretn,empörrten,empörtenn,empörtne,empörtten,empötren,emöprten,epmörten,mepörten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empörten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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PlainSpell, “empörten, German word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/de/wort/emporten
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Using “empörten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-M-P-Ö-R-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛmˈpøːɐ̯tn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Exporte” - see the side-by-side comparison. empörten vs Exporte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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