Entfremdung
[ɛntˈfʁɛmdʊŋ]
The verdict
“Entfremdung” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,845
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefühl des Fremdseins, des Nichtdazugehörens
Corpus desk
Index DE-entfremdung · Entfremdung · German
Entfremdung · rank #26,845 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,845
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Emigration
Nearest frequency peer: Emigration (-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 „Entfremdung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Einwurf
Einwurf
73,159 corpus weight
- einzubauen
einzubauen
73,158 corpus weight
- Emigration
Emigration
73,157 corpus weight
- Entfremdung
Entfremdung
73,156 corpus weight
- entsandt
entsandt
73,155 corpus weight
- Entscheidun…
Entscheidungsfindung
73,154 corpus weight
What this shows „Entfremdung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Entfremdung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈfʁɛmdʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Entfremdung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Entfremdung (IPA [ɛntˈfʁɛmdʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,845 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Entfremdung, with forms such as "enftremdung", "enntfremdung", and "entfermdung". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Entfremdung, spelled E-N-T-F-R-E-M-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gefühl des Fremdseins, des Nichtdazugehörens
- 2Prozess des Fremdwerdens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Entfremdung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unser Lebensgefühl ist die Entfremdung.“
„Die Entfremdung zwischen Politik und Reedern beschäftigt ihn, ebenso wie das Misstrauen gegenüber Eliten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enftremdung
- enntfremdung
- entfermdung
- entffremdung
- entfredmung
- entfremddung
- entfremdnug
- entfremdugn
- entfremdungg
- entfremdunng
- entfremmdung
- entfremudng
- entfrmedung
- entfrremdung
- entrfemdung
- enttfremdung
- etnfremdung
- netfremdung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Entfremdung - 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 "Entfremdung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).