Eskimo
[ˈɛskimo]
The verdict
“Eskimo” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,639 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,639
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arktisbewohner in Grönland, Alaska, Sibirien oder Kanada
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eskimo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛskimo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eskimo” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eskimo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛskimo]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,639 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Arktisbewohner in Grönland, Alaska, Sibirien oder Kanada".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eskimo, with forms such as "eksimo", "esikmo", and "eskimmo". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Eskimo, spelled E-S-K-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1Arktisbewohner in Grönland, Alaska, Sibirien oder Kanada
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eksimo,esikmo,eskimmo,eskiom,eskkimo,eskmio,esskimo,sekimo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eskimo - 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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Using “Eskimo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-S-K-I-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɛskimo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.