entgehen

[ɛntˈɡeːən]

/[ɛntˈɡeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“entgehen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,165
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von etwas Unerwünschtem nicht betroffen werden, etwas Unerwünschtes vermeiden

Corpus desk

Index DE-entgehen · entgehen · German

entgehen · rank #7,165 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,165
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Einzel

Nearest frequency peer: Einzel (-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 „entgehen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

entgehen vs ergehen
75% similar
entgehen vs entgeht
75% similar
entgehen vs entstehen
78% similar

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

Key facts for entgehen
PropertyValue
Headwordentgehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈɡeːən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,165
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „entgehen“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Einzel“ (#7,164), „erneuert“ (#7,166), „einladen“ (#7,163). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entgehen“ bei #7,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around entgehen (IPA [ɛntˈɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,165 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for entgehen, with forms such as "engtehen", "enntgehen", and "enteghen". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ergehen", "entgeht", "entstehen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 entgehen, spelled E-N-T-G-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    von etwas Unerwünschtem nicht betroffen werden, etwas Unerwünschtes vermeiden
  2. 2
    bei etwas Erwünschtem nicht dabeisein, etwas Erwünschtes nicht erhalten
  3. 3
    etwas nicht bemerken, nicht erkennen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how entgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie entgingen nur knapp dem Tod durch Ertrinken, weil sie rechtzeitig entdeckt wurden.
  2. Wir konnten dieser Gefahr gerade noch einmal entgehen, indem wir uns einen Anwalt nahmen.

This word in other languages

evade(English)evitar(Español)esquiver(Français)escapar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • engtehen
  • enntgehen
  • enteghen
  • entgeehn
  • entgehenn
  • entgehhen
  • entgehne
  • entggehen
  • entgheen
  • enttgehen
  • etngehen
  • netgehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entgehen - 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.

engtehen2enntgehen1enteghen2entgeehn2entgehenn1entgehhen1entgehne2entggehen1
Edit distance from "entgehen"

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 "entgehen"?
"entgehen" is spelled E-N-T-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈɡeːən].
What does "entgehen" mean?
As a verb, "entgehen" means: von etwas Unerwünschtem nicht betroffen werden, etwas Unerwünschtes vermeiden
What words are commonly confused with "entgehen"?
"entgehen" is commonly confused with "ergehen", "entgeht", "entstehen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entgehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entgehen" is [ɛntˈɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entgehen" come from?
"entgehen" 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 "entgehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erneuert#7,166einladen#7,163exklusiv#7,168explizit#7,169

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bildeten12 variantsgeeignete12 variantsbedeutete12 variantsgereicht12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list