enorm

[eˈnɔʁm]

/[eˈnɔʁm]/ adj

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The verdict

“enorm” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,872
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bedeutend, weitaus mehr als durchschnittlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-enorm · enorm · German

enorm · rank #4,872 · 7 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,872
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH einzeln

Nearest frequency peer: einzeln (-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 „enorm“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „enorm“ 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).

enorm vs Enzym
40% similar
enorm vs entry
60% similar
enorm vs entre
60% similar

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

Key facts for enorm
PropertyValue
Headwordenorm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[eˈnɔʁm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,872
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „enorm“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).enormliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „einzeln“ (#4,871), „entscheidende“ (#4,873), „Busse“ (#4,870). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „enorm“ bei #4,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around enorm (IPA [eˈnɔʁm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,872 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for enorm, with forms such as "ennorm", "enomr", and "enormm". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Enzym", "entry", "entre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is enorm, spelled E-N-O-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    bedeutend, weitaus mehr als durchschnittlich
  2. 2
    sehr, über die Maßen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how enorm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ihr Vorsprung war enorm.
  2. „Es ist eiskalt, vollkommen dunkel und es herrscht ein enormer Druck von bis zu einer Tonne pro Quadratzentimeter — die Tiefsee scheint ein unwirtlicher Lebensraum zu sein.“

This word in other languages

enormous(English)enorme(Español)énorme(Français)enorme(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ennorm
  • enomr
  • enormm
  • enorrm
  • enrom
  • eonrm
  • neorm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enorm - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ennorm1enomr2enormm1enorrm1enrom2eonrm2neorm2
Edit distance from "enorm"

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 "enorm"?
"enorm" is spelled E-N-O-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈnɔʁm].
What does "enorm" mean?
As an adjective, "enorm" means: bedeutend, weitaus mehr als durchschnittlich
What words are commonly confused with "enorm"?
"enorm" is commonly confused with "Enzym", "entry", "entre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enorm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enorm" is [eˈnɔʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enorm" come from?
"enorm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enorm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Busse#4,870Bogen#4,869Faust#4,880Fonds#4,882

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Adler7 variantsZellen7 variantsKader7 variantsKoffer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list