English

[ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ]

/[ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“English” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,919
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu England, dessen Bevölkerung oder deren Sprache und Kultur gehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-english · English · German

English · rank #6,919 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,919
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Email

Nearest frequency peer: Email (-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 „English“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „English“ 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).

English vs endlich
57% similar
English vs Englisch
88% similar
English vs Englische
78% similar

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

Key facts for English
PropertyValue
HeadwordEnglish
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,919
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „English“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Englishliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Email“ (#6,918), „entschuldigt“ (#6,920), „elektrischen“ (#6,917). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „English“ bei #6,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around English (IPA [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,919 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zu England, dessen Bevölkerung oder deren Sprache und Kultur gehörig".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for English, with forms such as "egnlish", "engglish", and "engilsh". 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, "endlich", "Englisch", "Englische", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is English, spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu England, dessen Bevölkerung oder deren Sprache und Kultur gehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I have an English grandfather.
  2. Today I learned another English word.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnlish
  • engglish
  • engilsh
  • englihs
  • englishh
  • englissh
  • engllish
  • englsih
  • enlgish
  • ennglish
  • neglish

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egnlish2engglish1engilsh2englihs2englishh1englissh1engllish1englsih2
Edit distance from "English"

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 "English"?
"English" is spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ].
What does "English" mean?
As an adjective, "English" means: zu England, dessen Bevölkerung oder deren Sprache und Kultur gehörig
What words are commonly confused with "English"?
"English" is commonly confused with "endlich", "Englisch", "Englische". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "English"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "English" is [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "English" come from?
"English" 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 "English", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Heizung#6,930benutze#6,897Krieger#6,944leitete#6,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

erinnerte11 variantseinnehmen11 variantsMangels11 variantsMarburg11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list