Engeln
[ˈɛŋl̩n]
The verdict
“Engeln” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,567
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Engel
Corpus desk
Index DE-engeln · Engeln · German
Engeln · rank #20,567 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,567
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH emotionaler
Nearest frequency peer: emotionaler (-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 „Engeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- einlädt
einlädt
79,437 corpus weight
- Eleganz
Eleganz
79,436 corpus weight
- emotionaler
emotionaler
79,435 corpus weight
- Engeln
Engeln
79,434 corpus weight
- entgegenkom…
entgegenkommen
79,433 corpus weight
- Entgelt
Entgelt
79,432 corpus weight
What this shows „Engeln“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Engeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋl̩n] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Engeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Engeln (IPA [ˈɛŋl̩n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,567 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Engel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Engeln, with forms such as "egneln", "enegln", and "engelln". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Engen", "Enger", "Enkel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Engeln, spelled E-N-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Engel
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egneln
- enegln
- engelln
- engelnn
- engenl
- enggeln
- englen
- enngeln
- negeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Engeln - 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 "Engeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).