entgegenkommen
[ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“entgegenkommen” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,568. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,568
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich frontal auf jemanden, etwas hinzubewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entgegenkommen · entgegenkommen · German
entgegenkommen · rank #20,568 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,568
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Engeln
Nearest frequency peer: Engeln (-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 „entgegenkommen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Eleganz
Eleganz
79,436 corpus weight
- emotionaler
emotionaler
79,435 corpus weight
- Engeln
Engeln
79,434 corpus weight
- entgegenkom…
entgegenkommen
79,433 corpus weight
- Entgelt
Entgelt
79,432 corpus weight
- erfasste
erfasste
79,431 corpus weight
What this shows „entgegenkommen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entgegenkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #20,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „entgegenkommen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around entgegenkommen (IPA [ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌkɔmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,568 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for entgegenkommen, with forms such as "engtegenkommen", "enntgegenkommen", and "enteggenkommen". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 entgegenkommen, spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich frontal auf jemanden, etwas hinzubewegen
- 2zum Vorteil von jemandem in seinen Forderungen nachgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entgegenkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hupte als das entgegenkommende Fahrzeug überholen wollte.
Er kam ihr entgegen, indem er den Preis etwas verringerte.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- engtegenkommen
- enntgegenkommen
- enteggenkommen
- entgeegnkommen
- entgegeknommen
- entgegenkkommen
- entgegenkmomen
- entgegenkomemn
- entgegenkomen
- entgegenkommenn
- entgegenkommne
- entgegennkommen
- entgegenokmmen
- entgeggenkommen
- entgegnekommen
- entggeenkommen
- entggegenkommen
- enttgegenkommen
- etngegenkommen
- netgegenkommen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entgegenkommen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "entgegenkommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).