Ethnologie

[ɛtnoloˈɡiː]

/[ɛtnoloˈɡiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ethnologie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,637
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaft, die die Kultur und das Sozialleben von verschiedenen Völkern einander gegenüberstellt und auswertet

Corpus desk

Index DE-ethnologie · Ethnologie · German

Ethnologie · rank #34,637 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,637
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eschweiler

Nearest frequency peer: Eschweiler (-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 „Ethnologie“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Ethnologie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ethnologie vs Etymologie
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ethnologie
PropertyValue
HeadwordEthnologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛtnoloˈɡiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#34,637
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ethnologie“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ethnologieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Eschweiler“ (#34,636), „Etikette“ (#34,638), „Evangelien“ (#34,639). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ethnologie“ bei #34,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Ethnologie (IPA [ɛtnoloˈɡiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,637 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ethnologie, with forms such as "ehtnologie", "ethhnologie", and "ethnloogie". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Etymologie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ethnologie, spelled E-T-H-N-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wissenschaft, die die Kultur und das Sozialleben von verschiedenen Völkern einander gegenüberstellt und auswertet
  2. 2
    Wissenschaft, die die Kultur und das Sozialleben von primitiven (im Sinne von ursprünglichen) Kulturen untersucht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ethnologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Ethnologie ist ein äußerst interessantes Studienfach.
  2. „Seit der aufgeklärten, aber eben auch kolonialen Zeit lieferte die neue Forschungsrichtung, auch Ethnologie genannt, solche Begründungen mit angeblich wissenschaftlichen Beobachungen und Daten.“

Synonyms

Völkerkunde

This word in other languages

ethnology(English)etnología(Español)ethnologie(Français)etnologia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehtnologie
  • ethhnologie
  • ethnloogie
  • ethnnologie
  • ethnolgoie
  • ethnollogie
  • ethnologei
  • ethnologgie
  • ethnoloige
  • ethnoolgie
  • ethonlogie
  • etnhologie
  • etthnologie
  • tehnologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ethnologie - 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.

ehtnologie2ethhnologie1ethnloogie2ethnnologie1ethnolgoie2ethnollogie1ethnologei2ethnologgie1
Edit distance from "Ethnologie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ethnologie"?
"Ethnologie" is spelled E-T-H-N-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛtnoloˈɡiː].
What does "Ethnologie" mean?
As a noun, "Ethnologie" means: Wissenschaft, die die Kultur und das Sozialleben von verschiedenen Völkern einander gegenüberstellt und auswertet
What words are commonly confused with "Ethnologie"?
"Ethnologie" is commonly confused with "Etymologie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ethnologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ethnologie" is [ɛtnoloˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ethnologie" come from?
"Ethnologie" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ethnologie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Eschweiler#34,636Evangelien#34,639fabelhafte#34,643Einsiedler#34,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

erstanden14 variantserklärbar14 variantserblicken14 variantsFeldwebel14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list