entmutigen
[ɛntˈmuːtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“entmutigen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,507
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Mut nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entmutigen · entmutigen · German
entmutigen · rank #40,507 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,507
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entgegensetzen
Nearest frequency peer: entgegensetzen (-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 „entmutigen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entgegengen…
entgegengenommen
59,496 corpus weight
- entgegenset…
entgegensetzen
59,495 corpus weight
- entmutigen
entmutigen
59,494 corpus weight
- Entschuldig…
Entschuldigungen
59,493 corpus weight
- Entstehungs…
Entstehungszeit
59,492 corpus weight
- entwertet
entwertet
59,491 corpus weight
What this shows „entmutigen“ 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 | entmutigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈmuːtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „entmutigen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around entmutigen (IPA [ɛntˈmuːtɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,507 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "den Mut nehmen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for entmutigen, with forms such as "enmtutigen", "enntmutigen", and "entmmutigen". 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, "ermutigen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is entmutigen, spelled E-N-T-M-U-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Mut nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entmutigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leider werden junge Leute ständig dabei entmutigt, ehrlich zu sein, und mit dem bedroht, was wir Moral nennen. Zuerst durch die Familien, dann die Religionen und schließlich auch durch die Psychiatrie.
Meine Eltern haben mir beigebracht, hart zu arbeiten. Und Geduld zu haben, um die Ziele, die man sich setzt, zu erreichen. Ich brauchte lange Zeit, um zu verstehen, dass man Geduld braucht, dass man sich nicht entmutigen lassen darf, wenn es nicht sofort klappt.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enmtutigen
- enntmutigen
- entmmutigen
- entmtuigen
- entmuitgen
- entmutgien
- entmutiegn
- entmutigenn
- entmutiggen
- entmutigne
- entmuttigen
- enttmutigen
- entumtigen
- etnmutigen
- netmutigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entmutigen - 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
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).