Enkeltrick
[ˈɛŋkl̩ˌtʁɪk]
The verdict
“Enkeltrick” is uncommon German (frequency #81,493 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,493
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Form des Betrugs, bei der der Täter sich als in Not geratener Enkel des Betrugsopfers ausgibt und um finanzielle Hilfe (oder andere Beute) bittet
Corpus desk
Index DE-enkeltrick · Enkeltrick · German
Enkeltrick · rank #81,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,493
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Enklaven
Nearest frequency peer: Enklaven (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Enkeltrick“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- endurance
endurance
18,513 corpus weight
- energisches
energisches
18,511 corpus weight
- Enkeltrick
Enkeltrick
18,508 corpus weight
- Enklaven
Enklaven
18,507 corpus weight
- entbrennt
entbrennt
18,506 corpus weight
- Entchen
Entchen
18,505 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Enkeltrick“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enkeltrick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋkl̩ˌtʁɪk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Enkeltrick“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Enkeltrick is uncommon German at frequency #81,493 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛŋkl̩ˌtʁɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Form des Betrugs, bei der der Täter sich als in Not geratener Enkel des Betrugsopfers ausgibt und um finanzielle Hilfe (oder andere Beute) bittet".
Zero misspellings are on record for Enkeltrick in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Enkeltrick, spelled E-N-K-E-L-T-R-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Form des Betrugs, bei der der Täter sich als in Not geratener Enkel des Betrugsopfers ausgibt und um finanzielle Hilfe (oder andere Beute) bittet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Enkeltrick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie würden sich wundern, wie oft dieser Enkeltrick funktioniert.“
„Doch dann habe er sich an den Enkeltrick erinnert, mit dem Betrüger versuchen, älteren Menschen ihre Ersparnisse zu stehlen.“
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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