enlargement

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The verdict

“enlargement” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erweiterung, Ausdehnung, Vergrößerung

Corpus desk

Index DE-enlargement · enlargement · German

enlargement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for enlargement
PropertyValue
Headwordenlargement
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „enlargement“ im Deutschen

enlargementschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enlargement is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enlargement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is enlargement, spelled E-N-L-A-R-G-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Erweiterung, Ausdehnung, Vergrößerung
  2. 2
    (Militär) Versammlungspunkt, Keller
  3. 3
    Freilassung, Freiheit
  4. 4
    Weitläufigkeit, Übertreibung
  5. 5
    Erweiterung, Ausbildung

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enlargement"?
"enlargement" is spelled E-N-L-A-R-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "enlargement" mean?
As a noun, "enlargement" means: Erweiterung, Ausdehnung, Vergrößerung
How do you pronounce "enlargement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enlargement" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enlargement" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list