Eph
The verdict
“Eph” is uncommon German (frequency #57,813 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,813
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch des Epheserbriefes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eph |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eph” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Eph is uncommon German at frequency #57,813 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch des Epheserbriefes".
Eph has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Eph, spelled E-P-H.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch des Epheserbriefes
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 “Eph”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-P-H - 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.