Enkeltrick
[ˈɛŋkl̩ˌtʁɪk]
The verdict
“Enkeltrick” is uncommon German (frequency #81,493 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,493
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
| 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) |
Where “Enkeltrick” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Enkeltrick is uncommon German at frequency #81,493 among 57,060 “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
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 “Enkeltrick”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-K-E-L-T-R-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.