Enthauptung
[ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]
The verdict
“Enthauptung” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,913
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gewaltsame Abtrennung des Kopfes vom Rumpf
Corpus desk
Index DE-enthauptung · Enthauptung · German
Enthauptung · rank #36,913 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,913
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Entbindung
Nearest frequency peer: Entbindung (-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 „Enthauptung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Endverbrauc…
Endverbraucher
63,090 corpus weight
- Entbindung
Entbindung
63,089 corpus weight
- Enthauptung
Enthauptung
63,088 corpus weight
- erbärmliche
erbärmliche
63,087 corpus weight
- erklang
erklang
63,086 corpus weight
- erneutes
erneutes
63,085 corpus weight
What this shows „Enthauptung“ 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 | Enthauptung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #36,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Enthauptung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Enthauptung (IPA [ɛntˈhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,913 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gewaltsame Abtrennung des Kopfes vom Rumpf".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Enthauptung, with forms such as "enhtauptung", "ennthauptung", and "entahuptung". 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, "Enthaltung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Enthauptung, spelled E-N-T-H-A-U-P-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1gewaltsame Abtrennung des Kopfes vom Rumpf
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Enthauptung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die in Frankreich erfundene Guillotine diente dem Vollzug der Todesstrafe durch Enthauptung.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enhtauptung
- ennthauptung
- entahuptung
- enthaputung
- enthaupptung
- enthauptnug
- enthaupttung
- enthauptugn
- enthauptungg
- enthauptunng
- enthauputng
- enthautpung
- enthhauptung
- enthuaptung
- entthauptung
- etnhauptung
- nethauptung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Enthauptung - 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.
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 "Enthauptung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).