Engländer

[ˈɛŋlɛndɐ]

/[ˈɛŋlɛndɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Engländer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,823
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einwohner von England

Corpus desk

Index DE-englander · Engländer · German

Engländer · rank #5,823 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH duo

Nearest frequency peer: duo (-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 „Engländer“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Engländer“ 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).

Engländer vs Englands
67% similar
Engländer vs Engländern
90% similar
Engländer vs England
67% similar

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

Key facts for Engländer
PropertyValue
HeadwordEngländer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛŋlɛndɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,823
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Engländer“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „duo“ (#5,822), „entscheidenden“ (#5,824), „Dunkelheit“ (#5,821). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Engländer“ bei #5,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Engländer (IPA [ˈɛŋlɛndɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,823 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Engländer, with forms such as "egnländer", "enggländer", and "englländer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Englands", "Engländern", "England", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Engländer, spelled E-N-G-L-Ä-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einwohner von England
  2. 2
    Staatsbürger, Einwohner Großbritanniens
  3. 3
    österreichische Süßspeise
  4. 4
    allgemein: verstellbarer Schraubenschlüssel, speziell: verstellbarer Schraubenschlüssel, dessen Schaft mit den Spannbacken einen rechten Winkel bildet, im Gegensatz zum Rollgabelschlüssel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Schotten haben gegen die Engländer gewonnen.
  2. Trotz unzähliger Qualen und Quallen ist der Abenteurer Ross Edgley [, wohnhaft in Cheshire, England,] einmal um die britische Insel herumgeschwommen - insgesamt fast 2900 Kilometer. Für den Engländer ist dieser Rekord aber nur einer von mehreren.

Synonyms

BriteFranzoseRollgabelschlüssel

Antonyms

SchotteWaliserNord-IreNordireNordirländer

This word in other languages

Englishman(English)inglés(Español)Anglais(Français)inglês(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnländer
  • enggländer
  • englländer
  • englnäder
  • englädner
  • engländder
  • engländerr
  • engländre
  • englänedr
  • englännder
  • engälnder
  • enlgänder
  • enngländer
  • negländer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egnländer2enggländer1englländer1englnäder2englädner2engländder1engländerr1engländre2
Edit distance from "Engländer"

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 "Engländer"?
"Engländer" is spelled E-N-G-L-Ä-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛŋlɛndɐ].
What does "Engländer" mean?
As a noun, "Engländer" means: Einwohner von England
What words are commonly confused with "Engländer"?
"Engländer" is commonly confused with "Englands", "Engländern", "England". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Engländer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Engländer" is [ˈɛŋlɛndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Engländer" come from?
"Engländer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Flugzeuge#5,831Bezahlung#5,808betrunken#5,807angerufen#5,795

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Verdienst14 variantsumfassende14 variantsrealisiert14 variantsnachhaltig14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list