enterprise

Name: enterprise, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈentəˌpraɪz]

/[ˈentəˌpraɪz]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“enterprise” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,263
frequency rank, German: 4,632
“E” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesellschaft oder Organisation, speziell geschäftlicher Art

Corpus desk

Index DE-enterprise · enterprise · German

enterprise · rank #10,263 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #10,263
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 4,632
PHOTO-FINISH empfinde

Nearest frequency peer: empfinde (-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.

eingeweiht

89,741
empfehlensw…

89,740
empfinde

89,739
enterprise

89,738
entsprach

89,737
Entwürfe

89,736

What this shows „enterprise“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

enterprise vs enterprises

91% similar

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

Key facts for enterprise
Property	Value
Headword	enterprise
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈentəˌpraɪz]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#10,263
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „enterprise“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.enterpriseliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#10,263

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „empfinde“ (#10,262), „entsprach“ (#10,264), „empfehlenswert“ (#10,261). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „enterprise“ bei #10,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around enterprise (IPA [ˈentəˌpraɪz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,263 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for enterprise, with forms such as "enetrprise", "ennterprise", and "enteprrise". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "enterprises", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is enterprise, spelled E-N-T-E-R-P-R-I-S-E.

Definition

1
Gesellschaft oder Organisation, speziell geschäftlicher Art
2
Projekt oder Plan, speziell von Schwierigkeit oder Wichtigkeit
3
Wille und Fähigkeit zu neuen Ideen und ihrer Verwirklichung entgegen Schwierigkeiten und Risiken
4
Gründung und Betrieb oder Führung eines Geschäfts

This word in other languages

entreprise(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

enetrprise
ennterprise
enteprrise
enterpirse
enterpprise
enterpries
enterprisse
enterprrise
enterprsie
enterrpise
enterrprise
entreprise
entterprise
etnerprise
neterprise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "enterprise"

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 "enterprise"?

"enterprise" is spelled E-N-T-E-R-P-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈentəˌpraɪz].

What does "enterprise" mean?

As a noun, "enterprise" means: Gesellschaft oder Organisation, speziell geschäftlicher Art

What words are commonly confused with "enterprise"?

"enterprise" is commonly confused with "enterprises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "enterprise"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enterprise" is [ˈentəˌpraɪz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "enterprise" come from?

"enterprise" 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 "enterprise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eingeweiht#10,260 durchsucht#10,258 Faschisten#10,277 bevorzugen#10,244

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

entsprach15 variants erschwert15 variants Fraktionen15 variants ausscheiden15 variants