engherzig
[ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“engherzig” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | engherzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “engherzig” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for engherzig is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for engherzig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is engherzig, spelled E-N-G-H-E-R-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “engherzig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-G-H-E-R-Z-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.