engine

[ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn]

/[ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“engine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,976
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Antriebs-)Maschine

Corpus desk

Index DE-engine · engine · German

engine · rank #16,976 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,976
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elternteil

Nearest frequency peer: Elternteil (-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 „engine“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „engine“ 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).

engine vs erging
67% similar
engine vs engste
67% similar
engine vs entging
71% similar

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

Key facts for engine
PropertyValue
Headwordengine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,976
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „engine“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).engineliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Elternteil“ (#16,975), „engsten“ (#16,977), „Einsteiger“ (#16,974). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „engine“ bei #16,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around engine (IPA [ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,976 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for engine, with forms such as "egnine", "enggine", and "engien". 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, "erging", "engste", "entging", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is engine, spelled E-N-G-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Antriebs-)Maschine
  2. 2
    Motor
  3. 3
    Lokomotive

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I can hear her engines pounding
  2. My car had to have a new engine.

This word in other languages

engin(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnine
  • enggine
  • engien
  • enginne
  • engnie
  • enigne
  • enngine
  • negine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engine - 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.

egnine2enggine1engien2enginne1engnie2enigne2enngine1negine2
Edit distance from "engine"

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 "engine"?
"engine" is spelled E-N-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn].
What does "engine" mean?
As a noun, "engine" means: (Antriebs-)Maschine
What words are commonly confused with "engine"?
"engine" is commonly confused with "erging", "engste", "entging". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engine" is [ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engine" come from?
"engine" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list