Empörung
[ɛmˈpøːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Empörung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,703
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - stark emotionale Verärgerung über etwas
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 | Empörung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmˈpøːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Empörung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Empörung (IPA [ɛmˈpøːʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,703 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Empörung, with forms such as "emmpörung", "emppörung", and "empröung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "empören", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Empörung, spelled E-M-P-Ö-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1stark emotionale Verärgerung über etwas
- 2Auflehnung gegen bestehende (Hierarchie-)Verhältnisse
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emmpörung
- emppörung
- empröung
- empörnug
- empörrung
- empörugn
- empörungg
- empörunng
- empöurng
- emöprung
- epmörung
- mepörung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Empörung - 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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Using “Empörung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-M-P-Ö-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛmˈpøːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “empören” - see the side-by-side comparison. Empörung vs empören
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.