enthielt

/[ɛntˈhiːlt]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,532

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

enthielt is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs enthalten Pronounced [ɛntˈhiːlt]. It ranks #9,532 in German word frequency. Often confused with erhielt and enthüllt.

Key facts for enthielt
PropertyValue
Headwordenthielt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈhiːlt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,532
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enthielt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for enthielt is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈhiːlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,532 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for enthielt, with forms such as "enhtielt", "ennthielt", and "entheilt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "erhielt", "enthüllt", "entzieht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is enthielt, spelled E-N-T-H-I-E-L-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs enthalten
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs enthalten

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enhtielt,ennthielt,entheilt,enthhielt,enthiellt,enthieltt,enthietl,enthilet,entihelt,entthielt,etnhielt,nethielt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enthielt

Misspelling Variants of "enthielt"

enhtielt8ennthielt9entheilt8enthhielt9enthiellt9enthieltt9enthietl8enthilet8
Misspelling Variants of "enthielt"

Frequency rank: #9,532 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enthielt"?
"enthielt" is spelled E-N-T-H-I-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈhiːlt].
What does "enthielt" mean?
As a verb, "enthielt" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs enthalten
What words are commonly confused with "enthielt"?
"enthielt" is commonly confused with "erhielt", "enthüllt", "entzieht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enthielt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enthielt" is [ɛntˈhiːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enthielt" come from?
"enthielt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.