engste

[ˈɛŋstə]

/[ˈɛŋstə]/ adj

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The verdict

“engste” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,076
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng

Corpus desk

Index DE-engste · engste · German

engste · rank #38,076 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,076
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Empfängers

Nearest frequency peer: Empfängers (-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 „engste“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „engste“ 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).

engste vs Ente
50% similar
engste vs Este
50% similar
engste vs erste
67% similar

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

Key facts for engste
PropertyValue
Headwordengste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛŋstə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,076
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „engste“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.engsteliegt 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: „Empfängers“ (#38,075), „entbehrt“ (#38,077), „empfundene“ (#38,074). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „engste“ bei #38,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around engste (IPA [ˈɛŋstə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,076 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for engste, with forms such as "egnste", "enggste", and "engset". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Ente", "Este", "erste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is engste, spelled E-N-G-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnste
  • enggste
  • engset
  • engsste
  • engstte
  • engtse
  • enngste
  • ensgte
  • negste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egnste2enggste1engset2engsste1engstte1engtse2enngste1ensgte2
Edit distance from "engste"

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 "engste"?
"engste" is spelled E-N-G-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛŋstə].
What does "engste" mean?
As an adjective, "engste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs eng
What words are commonly confused with "engste"?
"engste" is commonly confused with "Ente", "Este", "erste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engste" is [ˈɛŋstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engste" come from?
"engste" 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 "engste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

einigt#38,068Deputy#38,045Frisör#38,114Galopp#38,122

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ersetze9 variantsDämmung9 variantsChoral9 variantsgroups9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list