Entzündung
[ɛntˈt͡sʏndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Entzündung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,132
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erkrankung eines Körperorgans, die den Symptomenkomplex rubor ^(→ la) (Rötung), calor ^(→ la) (Erwärmung), dolor ^(→ la) Schmerzen) und functio laesa ^(→ la) (gestörte Funktion) umfasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-entzundung · Entzündung · German
Entzündung · rank #16,132 · 16 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,132
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erdöl
Nearest frequency peer: Erdöl (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Entzündung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- eichen
eichen
83,872 corpus weight
- empirische
empirische
83,871 corpus weight
- Entzündung
Entzündung
83,869 corpus weight
- Erdöl
Erdöl
83,868 corpus weight
- ereignete
ereignete
83,867 corpus weight
- Errungensch…
Errungenschaften
83,866 corpus weight
What this shows „Entzündung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | 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) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Entzündung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Entzündung (IPA [ɛntˈt͡sʏndʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,132 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Entzündung, with forms such as "enntzündung", "enttzündung", and "entznüdung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Entzündungen", "entzünden", "Entsendung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Entzündung, spelled E-N-T-Z-Ü-N-D-U-N-G.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Entzündung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Entzündung kann durch Salben gelindert werden.
„Die Entzündung pochte unter dem Wundschorf und wurde schlimmer und schlimmer.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntzündung
- enttzündung
- entznüdung
- entzzündung
- entzüdnung
- entzünddung
- entzündnug
- entzündugn
- entzündungg
- entzündunng
- entzünndung
- entzünudng
- entüzndung
- enztündung
- etnzündung
- netzündung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Entzündung - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).