Enthaltung
[ɛntˈhaltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Enthaltung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,491
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „das meistens freiwillige Sichenthalten von Genüssen, Essen oder Trinken“
Corpus desk
Index DE-enthaltung · Enthaltung · German
Enthaltung · rank #37,491 · 16 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,491
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entgegnet
Nearest frequency peer: entgegnet (-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 „Enthaltung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- empfindlich…
empfindlicher
62,513 corpus weight
- entfachen
entfachen
62,512 corpus weight
- entgegnet
entgegnet
62,511 corpus weight
- Enthaltung
Enthaltung
62,510 corpus weight
- entlohnt
entlohnt
62,509 corpus weight
- enttäuschte
enttäuschte
62,508 corpus weight
What this shows „Enthaltung“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enthaltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈhaltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Enthaltung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Enthaltung (IPA [ɛntˈhaltʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,491 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Enthaltung, with forms such as "enhtaltung", "ennthaltung", and "entahltung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Erhaltung", "Entlastung", "Enthüllung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Enthaltung, spelled E-N-T-H-A-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1„das meistens freiwillige Sichenthalten von Genüssen, Essen oder Trinken“
- 2„der Verzicht auf die Abgabe der Wahlstimme“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Enthaltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fasten ist die völlige oder teilweise Enthaltung von Speisen, Getränken und Genussmitteln über einen bestimmten Zeitraum hinweg, üblicherweise für einen oder mehrere Tage.“
„Es gibt dabei verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Abstimmung. Die häufigste Form ist die Abgabe der Stimme mit „Ja“, „Nein“ oder „Enthaltung“.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enhtaltung
- ennthaltung
- entahltung
- enthalltung
- enthaltnug
- enthalttung
- enthaltugn
- enthaltungg
- enthaltunng
- enthalutng
- enthatlung
- enthhaltung
- enthlatung
- entthaltung
- etnhaltung
- nethaltung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Enthaltung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).