eröffnen
[ɛɐ̯ˈʔœfnən]
The verdict
“eröffnen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,586
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas öffentlich zugänglich machen, für Publikum aufmachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-eroffnen · eröffnen · German
eröffnen · rank #5,586 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,586
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erlaubnis
Nearest frequency peer: Erlaubnis (-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 „eröffnen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Energien
Energien
94,418 corpus weight
- Erlaubnis
Erlaubnis
94,416 corpus weight
- eröffnen
eröffnen
94,415 corpus weight
- Fotografie
Fotografie
94,414 corpus weight
- friedlich
friedlich
94,413 corpus weight
- gefährliche
gefährliche
94,412 corpus weight
What this shows „eröffnen“ 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 | eröffnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʔœfnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „eröffnen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around eröffnen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʔœfnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,586 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for eröffnen, with forms such as "erföfnen", "erröffnen", and "eröffenn". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "eröffnet", "Eröffnung", "eröffnete", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is eröffnen, spelled E-R-Ö-F-F-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas öffentlich zugänglich machen, für Publikum aufmachen
- 2etwas beginnen
- 3bekannt machen, besonders im Sinne einer überraschenden Neuigkeit
- 4sichtbar machen, besonders im Sinne von neuen Möglichkeiten
- 5den ersten Schritt eines Rechtsaktes leisten, zum Beispiel verlesen des letzten Willens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eröffnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich eröffne heute mein neues Geschäft.
„Jede dieser selbständigen Luftsportarten eröffnet in demselben Element eine eigene Welt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erföfnen
- erröffnen
- eröffenn
- eröffnenn
- eröffnne
- eröffnnen
- eröfnen
- eröfnfen
- eörffnen
- reöffnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eröffnen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "eröffnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).