Entzündung
Letters
10 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,132
in German word usage
Misspellings
16
tracked variants
Confusables
4
similar word pairs
Entzündung is aGermannoun. It means: Erkrankung eines Körperorgans, die den Symptomenkomplex rubor ^(→ la) (Rötung), calor ^(→ la) (Erwärmung), dolor ^(→ la) Schmerzen) und functio laesa ^(→ la) (gestörte Funktion) umfasst Pronounced [ɛntˈt͡sʏndʊŋ]. Often confused with Entzündungen and entzünden.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Entzündung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛntˈt͡sʏndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Entzündung is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛntˈt͡sʏndʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,132 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Entzündung, with forms such as "enntzündung", "enttzündung", and "entznüdung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Entzündungen", "entzünden", "Entsendung", and more, 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 Entzündung, spelled E-N-T-Z-Ü-N-D-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Erkrankung eines Körperorgans, die den Symptomenkomplex rubor ^(→ la) (Rötung), calor ^(→ la) (Erwärmung), dolor ^(→ la) Schmerzen) und functio laesa ^(→ la) (gestörte Funktion) umfasst
- 2in Flammen Aufgehen eines brennbaren Materials; leitet eine Verbrennung ein
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntzündung,enttzündung,entznüdung,entzzündung,entzüdnung,entzünddung,entzündnug,entzündugn,entzündungg,entzündunng,entzünndung,entzünudng,entüzndung,enztündung,etnzündung,netzündung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Entzündung
Misspelling Variants of "Entzündung"
Frequency rank: #16,132 in German
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