Esch
[ɛʃ]
The verdict
“Esch” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,712. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,712
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemarkung einer Gemeinde, die als Feld benutzt wird; Ackerfläche
Corpus desk
Index DE-esch · Esch · German
Esch · rank #22,712 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,712
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erträglich
Nearest frequency peer: erträglich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Esch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Erstligisten
Erstligisten
77,292 corpus weight
- erstreckte
erstreckte
77,291 corpus weight
- erträglich
erträglich
77,290 corpus weight
- Esch
Esch
77,289 corpus weight
- eskalieren
eskalieren
77,288 corpus weight
- exportieren
exportieren
77,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Esch” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Esch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛʃ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Esch” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Esch (IPA [ɛʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,712 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gemarkung einer Gemeinde, die als Feld benutzt wird; Ackerfläche".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Esch, with forms such as "ecsh", "escch", and "eschh". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "est", "ESS", "eth", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Esch, spelled E-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Gemarkung einer Gemeinde, die als Feld benutzt wird; Ackerfläche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Esch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie machten einen Sonntagsspaziergang durch das Esch.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsh
- escch
- eschh
- eshc
- essch
- sech
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Esch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Esch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Esch". Here's where to go from here.
- "Esch" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "est". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,712 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.