Enz
[ɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Enz” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #43,842 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #43,842
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss des Neckars
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 | Enz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #43,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Enz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Enz is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛnt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,842 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss des Neckars".
No misspelling variants are generated for Enz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "es", "er", "EU", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Enz, spelled E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss des Neckars
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 “Enz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛnt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “es” - see the side-by-side comparison. Enz vs es
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.