Entschädigung
[ɛntˈʃɛːdɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Entschädigung” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,906
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leistung als Ausgleich für einen zugefügten Schaden
Corpus desk
Index DE-entschadigung · Entschädigung · German
Entschädigung · rank #7,906 · 21 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,906
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Entlassung
Nearest frequency peer: Entlassung (-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 „Entschädigung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- einseitig
einseitig
92,098 corpus weight
- entkommen
entkommen
92,097 corpus weight
- Entlassung
Entlassung
92,096 corpus weight
- Entschädigu…
Entschädigung
92,095 corpus weight
- entsprechen…
entsprechender
92,094 corpus weight
- Erklärungen
Erklärungen
92,093 corpus weight
What this shows „Entschädigung“ 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 | Entschädigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈʃɛːdɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #7,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Entschädigung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Entschädigung (IPA [ɛntˈʃɛːdɪɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,906 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Entschädigung, with forms such as "enntschädigung", "enstchädigung", and "entcshädigung". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Entschuldigung", "Entschädigungen", "entschädigen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Entschädigung, spelled E-N-T-S-C-H-Ä-D-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Leistung als Ausgleich für einen zugefügten Schaden
- 2Vergütung einer Dienstleistung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Entschädigung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dafür muss Entschädigung geleistet werden.
„Doch das Land Hessen lehnt bislang jede Entschädigung ab.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntschädigung
- enstchädigung
- entcshädigung
- entscchädigung
- entschdäigung
- entschhädigung
- entschäddigung
- entschädgiung
- entschädiggung
- entschädignug
- entschädigugn
- entschädigungg
- entschädigunng
- entschädiugng
- entschäidgung
- entscähdigung
- entshcädigung
- entsschädigung
- enttschädigung
- etnschädigung
- netschädigung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Entschädigung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Entschädigung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).