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
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Leistung als Ausgleich für einen zugefügten Schaden
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) |
Where “Entschädigung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Entschädigung (IPA [ɛntˈʃɛːdɪɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,906 among 57,060 “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
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Using “Entschädigung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-S-C-H-Ä-D-I-G-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛntˈʃɛːdɪɡʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Entschuldigung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Entschädigung vs Entschuldigung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.