Essenz
[ɛˈsɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Essenz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,331
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das eigentliche Wesen, der eigentliche Kern einer Sache
Corpus desk
Index DE-essenz · Essenz · German
Essenz · rank #22,331 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,331
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erwähnenswert
Nearest frequency peer: erwähnenswert (-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 „Essenz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Erwachsenen…
Erwachsenenbildung
77,673 corpus weight
- erwiderte
erwiderte
77,672 corpus weight
- erwähnenswe…
erwähnenswert
77,671 corpus weight
- Essenz
Essenz
77,670 corpus weight
- exzellente
exzellente
77,669 corpus weight
- feb
feb
77,668 corpus weight
What this shows „Essenz“ 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 | Essenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛˈsɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Essenz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Essenz (IPA [ɛˈsɛnt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,331 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Essenz, with forms such as "esenz", "esesnz", and "essennz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Essex", "esse", "essen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Essenz, spelled E-S-S-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1das eigentliche Wesen, der eigentliche Kern einer Sache
- 2die Wesenheit, die innere Natur oder das Sosein einer Sache
- 3eine hoch konzentrierte Lösung meist pflanzlicher Stoffe
- 4eine stark eingekochte Brühe von Fleisch, Fisch oder Gemüse zur Geschmacksanreicherung von Speisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Essenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was ist denn nun die Essenz des neuen Gesetzes?
„Die Essenz ihrer Erinnerung an Städte wie Meppen, Lingen und Papenburg, Kleve, Emmerich und kebelaer hat sie ihm erspart.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esenz
- esesnz
- essennz
- essenzz
- essezn
- essnez
- eßenz
- sesenz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Essenz - 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 "Essenz", 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).