entlassen
[ɛntˈlasn̩]
The verdict
“entlassen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,435. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,435
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem erlauben zu gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entlassen · entlassen · German
entlassen · rank #3,435 · 13 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,435
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Entfernung
Nearest frequency peer: Entfernung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “entlassen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- diverse
diverse
96,569 corpus weight
- einziger
einziger
96,568 corpus weight
- Entfernung
Entfernung
96,567 corpus weight
- entlassen
entlassen
96,566 corpus weight
- erheblich
erheblich
96,565 corpus weight
- erinnere
erinnere
96,564 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “entlassen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | entlassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈlasn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entlassen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around entlassen (IPA [ɛntˈlasn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,435 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for entlassen, with forms such as "enltassen", "enntlassen", and "entalssen". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "erlassen", "entlässt", "entlasten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is entlassen, spelled E-N-T-L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem erlauben zu gehen
- 2jemandem die Arbeitsstelle kündigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entlassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Klassenlehrerin entließ ihre Schüler heute früher nach Hause.
Er entließ mich mit der Bitte, morgen um dieselbe Zeit wiederzukommen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enltassen
- enntlassen
- entalssen
- entlasen
- entlasesn
- entlassenn
- entlassne
- entlaßen
- entllassen
- entlsasen
- enttlassen
- etnlassen
- netlassen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entlassen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entlassen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "entlassen". Here's where to go from here.
- "entlassen" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "erlassen". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,435 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.