entfallen
[ɛntˈfalən]
The verdict
“entfallen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,361
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus der Hand fallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entfallen · entfallen · German
entfallen · rank #9,361 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,361
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einziehen
Nearest frequency peer: einziehen (-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 „entfallen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Einnahme
Einnahme
90,643 corpus weight
- Einsamkeit
Einsamkeit
90,642 corpus weight
- einziehen
einziehen
90,641 corpus weight
- entfallen
entfallen
90,640 corpus weight
- entfernte
entfernte
90,639 corpus weight
- erlitt
erlitt
90,638 corpus weight
What this shows „entfallen“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entfallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈfalən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „entfallen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around entfallen (IPA [ɛntˈfalən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,361 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for entfallen, with forms such as "enftallen", "enntfallen", and "entafllen". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "entfällt", "enthalten", "entfalten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is entfallen, spelled E-N-T-F-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus der Hand fallen
- 2wegfallen, sich erübrigen, nicht mehr in Betracht kommen
- 3vergessen werden, aus dem Gedächtnis schwinden, aus dem Gedächtnis verloren werden
- 4jemandem oder einer Sache zuteil werden, zutreffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entfallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kugelschreiber ist ihm entfallen.
Die Tagesordnungspunkte drei und vier entfallen bei der heutigen Sitzung.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enftallen
- enntfallen
- entafllen
- entfaleln
- entfalen
- entfallenn
- entfallne
- entffallen
- entflalen
- enttfallen
- etnfallen
- netfallen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entfallen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entfallen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).