entgegenzusetzen

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

[ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩t͡suˌzɛt͡sn̩]

/[ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩t͡suˌzɛt͡sn̩]/ verb

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

The verdict

“entgegenzusetzen” has 25 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,617
frequency rank, German: 4,632
“E” headwords: 25
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs entgegensetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entgegenzusetzen · entgegenzusetzen · German

entgegenzusetzen · rank #34,617 · 25 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #34,617
LEN-MEGA 16 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 25 variants
BOOK-MID 4,632
PHOTO-FINISH entgegenstehen

Nearest frequency peer: entgegenstehen (-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.

Elektrifizi…

65,387
entgegenste…

65,385
entgegenzus…

65,384
enthalte

65,383
entkam

65,382
entspann

65,381

What this shows „entgegenzusetzen“ 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).

entgegenzusetzen vs entgegensetzen

88% similar

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

Key facts for entgegenzusetzen
Property	Value
Headword	entgegenzusetzen
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩t͡suˌzɛt͡sn̩]
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#34,617
Misspellings tracked	25
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „entgegenzusetzen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).entgegenzusetzenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#34,617

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „entgegenstehen“ (#34,616), „enthalte“ (#34,618), „entkam“ (#34,619). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entgegenzusetzen“ bei #34,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 25 spelling variants around entgegenzusetzen (IPA [ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩t͡suˌzɛt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,617 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs entgegensetzen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for entgegenzusetzen, with forms such as "engtegenzusetzen", "enntgegenzusetzen", and "enteggenzusetzen". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "entgegensetzen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is entgegenzusetzen, spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-Z-U-S-E-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

1
erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs entgegensetzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

engtegenzusetzen
enntgegenzusetzen
enteggenzusetzen
entgeegnzusetzen
entgegennzusetzen
entgegenuzsetzen
entgegenzsuetzen
entgegenzuestzen
entgegenzusetezn
entgegenzusettzen
entgegenzusetzenn
entgegenzusetzne
entgegenzusetzzen
entgegenzusezten
entgegenzussetzen
entgegenzustezen
entgegenzzusetzen
entgegeznusetzen
entgeggenzusetzen
entgegnezusetzen
entggeenzusetzen
entggegenzusetzen
enttgegenzusetzen
etngegenzusetzen
netgegenzusetzen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entgegenzusetzen - 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 "entgegenzusetzen"

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 "entgegenzusetzen"?

"entgegenzusetzen" is spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-Z-U-S-E-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩t͡suˌzɛt͡sn̩].

What does "entgegenzusetzen" mean?

As a verb, "entgegenzusetzen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs entgegensetzen

What words are commonly confused with "entgegenzusetzen"?

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

How do you pronounce "entgegenzusetzen"?

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

What language does "entgegenzusetzen" come from?

"entgegenzusetzen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entgegenzusetzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Elektrifizierung#34,614 Bezirksregierung#34,553 Berichterstatter#34,545 Auswahlverfahren#34,530

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (25 here; floor ≥5).

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