entwischt
[ɛntˈvɪʃt]
The verdict
“entwischt” is uncommon German (frequency #66,173 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,173
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs entwischen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entwischt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈvɪʃt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entwischt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
entwischt is uncommon German at frequency #66,173 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈvɪʃt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs entwischen".
entwischt has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is entwischt, spelled E-N-T-W-I-S-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs entwischen
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 “entwischt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-T-W-I-S-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.