entgleist
[ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“entgleist” is uncommon German (frequency #54,492 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,492
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs entgleisen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entgleist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entgleist” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
entgleist is uncommon German at frequency #54,492 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈɡlaɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs entgleisen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entgleist, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is entgleist, spelled E-N-T-G-L-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs entgleisen
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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Using “entgleist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-G-L-E-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.