Enkels
[ˈɛŋkl̩s]
The verdict
“Enkels” is uncommon German (frequency #58,720 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,720
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Enkel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enkels |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋkl̩s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Enkels” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Enkels is uncommon German at frequency #58,720 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛŋkl̩s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Enkel".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Enkels, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Enkels, spelled E-N-K-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Enkel
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.
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Using “Enkels”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-K-E-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɛŋkl̩s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.