Epidemiologie
[epidemi̯oloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Epidemiologie” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,113
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Lehre, die Wissenschaft von den Ursachen, der Ausbreitung, der Bekämpfung von Epidemien (Massenerkrankungen)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Epidemiologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [epidemi̯oloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #48,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Epidemiologie” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Epidemiologie (IPA [epidemi̯oloˈɡiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,113 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Lehre, die Wissenschaft von den Ursachen, der Ausbreitung, der Bekämpfung von Epidemien (Massenerkrankungen)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Epidemiologie, with forms such as "eipdemiologie", "epdiemiologie", and "epiddemiologie". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Epidemiologie, spelled E-P-I-D-E-M-I-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1die Lehre, die Wissenschaft von den Ursachen, der Ausbreitung, der Bekämpfung von Epidemien (Massenerkrankungen)
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eipdemiologie,epdiemiologie,epiddemiologie,epideimologie,epidemiloogie,epidemiolgoie,epidemiollogie,epidemiologei,epidemiologgie,epidemioloige,epidemioolgie,epidemmiologie,epidemoilogie,epidmeiologie,epiedmiologie,eppidemiologie,peidemiologie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Epidemiologie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Epidemiologie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-P-I-D-E-M-I-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [epidemi̯oloˈɡiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.