Entlassung
[ɛntˈlasʊŋ]
The verdict
“Entlassung” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,905 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,905
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Erlaubnis oder Zwang, einen Ort oder eine Institution (Arbeitsstelle, Gefängnis, Krankenhaus …) zu verlassen
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 | Entlassung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈlasʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Entlassung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Entlassung is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈlasʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,905 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Erlaubnis oder Zwang, einen Ort oder eine Institution (Arbeitsstelle, Gefängnis, Krankenhaus …) zu verlassen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Entlassung, with forms such as "enltassung", "enntlassung", and "entalssung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Entlastung", "Entlassungen", "entlassen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Entlassung, spelled E-N-T-L-A-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Erlaubnis oder Zwang, einen Ort oder eine Institution (Arbeitsstelle, Gefängnis, Krankenhaus …) zu verlassen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enltassung,enntlassung,entalssung,entlassnug,entlassugn,entlassungg,entlassunng,entlasung,entlasusng,entlaßung,entllassung,entlsasung,enttlassung,etnlassung,netlassung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Entlassung - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Entlassung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-L-A-S-S-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛntˈlasʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Entlastung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Entlassung vs Entlastung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.