Epoche
[eˈpɔxə]
The verdict
“Epoche” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,266
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein längerer Zeitraum, der sich durch eine oder mehrere grundlegende Gemeinsamkeiten auszeichnet
Corpus desk
Index DE-epoche · Epoche · German
Epoche · rank #10,266 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,266
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Entwürfe
Nearest frequency peer: Entwürfe (-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 „Epoche“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- enterprise
enterprise
89,738 corpus weight
- entsprach
entsprach
89,737 corpus weight
- Entwürfe
Entwürfe
89,736 corpus weight
- Epoche
Epoche
89,735 corpus weight
- erfolgreich…
erfolgreichsten
89,734 corpus weight
- erhalte
erhalte
89,733 corpus weight
What this shows „Epoche“ 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 | Epoche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈpɔxə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Epoche“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Epoche (IPA [eˈpɔxə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,266 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein längerer Zeitraum, der sich durch eine oder mehrere grundlegende Gemeinsamkeiten auszeichnet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Epoche, with forms such as "eopche", "epcohe", and "epocche". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Esche", "Epochen", "Eiche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Epoche, spelled E-P-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1ein längerer Zeitraum, der sich durch eine oder mehrere grundlegende Gemeinsamkeiten auszeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Epoche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bescheidenheit lehrt ein kurzer Rückblick auf die reichhaltigen Überlieferungen aus früheren Epochen.“
„Ferner verbot Trajan die Beachtung anonymer Denunziationen und schließlich endete das Reskript mit einem Bekenntnis, […]: Ein allzu inquisitorisches Verhalten seitens des Staates werde dem Geist der Epoche nicht gerecht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eopche
- epcohe
- epocche
- epoceh
- epochhe
- epohce
- eppoche
- peoche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Epoche - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Epoche", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).