enorme

/[eˈnɔʁmə]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,354

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

enorme is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm Pronounced [eˈnɔʁmə]. It ranks #8,354 in German word frequency. Often confused with entre and enzyme.

Key facts for enorme
PropertyValue
Headwordenorme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[eˈnɔʁmə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,354
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enorme in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for enorme is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈnɔʁmə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,354 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for enorme, with forms such as "ennorme", "enomre", and "enorem". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "entre", "enzyme", "enormen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is enorme, spelled E-N-O-R-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ennorme,enomre,enorem,enormme,enorrme,enrome,eonrme,neorme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enorme

Misspelling Variants of "enorme"

ennorme7enomre6enorem6enormme7enorrme7enrome6eonrme6neorme6
Misspelling Variants of "enorme"

Frequency rank: #8,354 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enorme"?
"enorme" is spelled E-N-O-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈnɔʁmə].
What does "enorme" mean?
As an adj, "enorme" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm
What words are commonly confused with "enorme"?
"enorme" is commonly confused with "entre", "enzyme", "enormen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enorme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enorme" is [eˈnɔʁmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enorme" come from?
"enorme" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.