Enzian
[ˈɛnt͡si̯aːn]
The verdict
“Enzian” is uncommon German (frequency #69,178 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,178
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gebirgspflanze der Gattung Gentiana aus der Familie der Enziangewächse
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enzian |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛnt͡si̯aːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Enzian” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Enzian is uncommon German at frequency #69,178 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛnt͡si̯aːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Enzian has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Enzian, spelled E-N-Z-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Gebirgspflanze der Gattung Gentiana aus der Familie der Enziangewächse
- 2Spirituose, die aus den Wurzeln des gelben Enzians gebrannt wird
This word in other languages
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 “Enzian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-N-Z-I-A-N - 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.