entsprachen
[ɛntˈʃpʁaːxn̩]
The verdict
“entsprachen” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,985
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs entsprechen
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 | entsprachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈʃpʁaːxn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entsprachen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around entsprachen (IPA [ɛntˈʃpʁaːxn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,985 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for entsprachen, with forms such as "enntsprachen", "enstprachen", and "entpsrachen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "entspreche", "entsprechen", "entsprochen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 entsprachen, spelled E-N-T-S-P-R-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs entsprechen
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs entsprechen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntsprachen
- enstprachen
- entpsrachen
- entsparchen
- entspprachen
- entspracchen
- entspracehn
- entsprachenn
- entsprachhen
- entsprachne
- entsprahcen
- entsprcahen
- entsprrachen
- entsrpachen
- entssprachen
- enttsprachen
- etnsprachen
- netsprachen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entsprachen - 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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Using “entsprachen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-S-P-R-A-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛntˈʃpʁaːxn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “entspreche” - see the side-by-side comparison. entsprachen vs entspreche
- 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.