entscheidenden
[ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩dən]
The verdict
“entscheidenden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,824 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,824
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
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 | entscheidenden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩dən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #5,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entscheidenden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for entscheidenden is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩dən]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,824 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for entscheidenden, with forms such as "enntscheidenden", "enstcheidenden", and "entcsheidenden". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Entscheidungen", "entscheidender", "entscheidendes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 entscheidenden, spelled E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D-E-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs entscheidend
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntscheidenden,enstcheidenden,entcsheidenden,entsccheidenden,entscehidenden,entschedienden,entscheiddenden,entscheidednen,entscheidendden,entscheidendenn,entscheidendne,entscheidenedn,entscheidennden,entscheidneden,entscheiednden,entschheidenden,entschiedenden,entshceidenden,entsscheidenden,enttscheidenden,etnscheidenden,netscheidenden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entscheidenden - 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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Using “entscheidenden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D-E-N-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩dən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Entscheidungen” - see the side-by-side comparison. entscheidenden vs Entscheidungen
- 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.