evangelisch

Name: evangelisch, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ]

/[evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“evangelisch” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,350
frequency rank, German: 4,632
“E” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Glaubensgemeinschaft der Protestanten gehörend, zur evangelischen Kirche gehörend, der evangelischen Lehre entsprechend

Corpus desk

Index DE-evangelisch · evangelisch · German

evangelisch · rank #15,350 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,350
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 4,632
PHOTO-FINISH erstickt

Nearest frequency peer: erstickt (-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.

erschrecken

84,654
ersticken

84,653
erstickt

84,652
evangelisch

84,651
Exekutive

84,650
Fache

84,649

What this shows „evangelisch“ 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).

evangelisch vs Evangelist

73% similar

evangelisch vs evangelische

92% similar

evangelisch vs evangelischen

85% similar

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

Key facts for evangelisch
Property	Value
Headword	evangelisch
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#15,350
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „evangelisch“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.evangelischliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#15,350

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „erstickt“ (#15,349), „Exekutive“ (#15,351), „ersticken“ (#15,348). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „evangelisch“ bei #15,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around evangelisch (IPA [evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,350 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for evangelisch, with forms such as "eavngelisch", "evagnelisch", and "evaneglisch". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Evangelist", "evangelische", "evangelischen", and more, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is evangelisch, spelled E-V-A-N-G-E-L-I-S-C-H.

Definition

1
zur Glaubensgemeinschaft der Protestanten gehörend, zur evangelischen Kirche gehörend, der evangelischen Lehre entsprechend
2
auf das Evangelium bezogen, dem Evangelium gemäß, auf das Evangelium zurückgehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ich habe mir ein evangelisches Gesangbuch gekauft.
„Das geistliche Amt war jetzt - durchaus im evangelischen Sinne - in erster Linie ein Lehramt.“

Synonyms

protestantisch

Antonyms

buddhistisch hinduistisch islamisch jüdisch katholisch konfuzianisch koptisch muslimisch schiitisch sunnitisch schintoistisch

This word in other languages

evangelic(English)evangélico(Español)protestant(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eavngelisch
evagnelisch
evaneglisch
evangeilsch
evangelicsh
evangeliscch
evangelischh
evangelishc
evangelissch
evangellisch
evangelsich
evanggelisch
evangleisch
evanngelisch
evnagelisch
evvangelisch
veangelisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "evangelisch"

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 "evangelisch"?

"evangelisch" is spelled E-V-A-N-G-E-L-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ].

What does "evangelisch" mean?

As an adjective, "evangelisch" means: zur Glaubensgemeinschaft der Protestanten gehörend, zur evangelischen Kirche gehörend, der evangelischen Lehre entsprechend

What words are commonly confused with "evangelisch"?

"evangelisch" is commonly confused with "Evangelist", "evangelische", "evangelischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "evangelisch"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "evangelisch" is [evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "evangelisch" come from?

"evangelisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erschrecken#15,347 frühstücken#15,360 Dinosaurier#15,330 gerichtlich#15,371

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Eichhörnchen17 variants geschmeckt17 variants Haltestellen17 variants Belästigung17 variants