entschuldige

/[ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡə]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,533

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

entschuldige is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entschuldigen Pronounced [ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡə]. It ranks #9,533 in German word frequency. Often confused with entschuldigt and entschuldigen.

Key facts for entschuldige
PropertyValue
Headwordentschuldige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,533
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entschuldige in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for entschuldige is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,533 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for entschuldige, with forms such as "enntschuldige", "enstchuldige", and "entcshuldige". 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, "entschuldigt", "entschuldigen", "entschuldigte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is entschuldige, spelled E-N-T-S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entschuldigen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entschuldigen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entschuldigen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entschuldigen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntschuldige,enstchuldige,entcshuldige,entscchuldige,entschhuldige,entschludige,entschudlige,entschulddige,entschuldgie,entschuldieg,entschuldigge,entschulidge,entschulldige,entscuhldige,entshculdige,entsschuldige,enttschuldige,etnschuldige,netschuldige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entschuldige

Misspelling Variants of "entschuldige"

enntschuldige13enstchuldige12entcshuldige12entscchuldige13entschhuldige13entschludige12entschudlige12entschulddige13
Misspelling Variants of "entschuldige"

Frequency rank: #9,533 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entschuldige"?
"entschuldige" is spelled E-N-T-S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡə].
What does "entschuldige" mean?
As a verb, "entschuldige" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entschuldigen
What words are commonly confused with "entschuldige"?
"entschuldige" is commonly confused with "entschuldigt", "entschuldigen", "entschuldigte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entschuldige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entschuldige" is [ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entschuldige" come from?
"entschuldige" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.