Euro
[ˈɔɪ̯ʁo]
The verdict
“Euro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #338) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #338
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Währung der Europäischen Währungsunion
Corpus desk
Index DE-euro · Euro · German
Euro · rank #338 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #338
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH gesehen
Nearest frequency peer: gesehen (+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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Euro“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- unser
unser
99,666 corpus weight
- bekommen
bekommen
99,665 corpus weight
- Euro
Euro
99,663 corpus weight
- gesehen
gesehen
99,662 corpus weight
- kleine
kleine
99,661 corpus weight
- spielen
spielen
99,660 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Euro“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | Euro |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔɪ̯ʁo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Euro“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Euro is neighbouring look-alikes ("EWR", "Expo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯ʁo]. Frequency #338 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Währung der Europäischen Währungsunion".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Euro, with forms such as "eruo", "euor", and "eurro". 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, "EWR", "Expo", "Euros", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Euro, spelled E-U-R-O.
Definition
- 1Währung der Europäischen Währungsunion
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Euro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
100 Eurocent haben denselben Wert wie ein Euro.
Heutzutage tut man gut daran, seine Euros beisammenzuhalten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eruo
- euor
- eurro
- uero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Euro - 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
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