externe

[ˌɛksˈtɛʁnə]

/[ˌɛksˈtɛʁnə]/ adj

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The verdict

“externe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,556
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern

Corpus desk

Index DE-externe · externe · German

externe · rank #8,556 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,556
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fachkräfte

Nearest frequency peer: Fachkräfte (+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 „externe“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „externe“ 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).

externe vs externen
88% similar
externe vs externer
88% similar
externe vs externes
88% similar

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

Key facts for externe
PropertyValue
Headwordexterne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɛksˈtɛʁnə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,556
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „externe“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.externeliegt 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: „Fachkräfte“ (#8,557), „Erzbischof“ (#8,554), „Fehlern“ (#8,558). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „externe“ bei #8,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around externe (IPA [ˌɛksˈtɛʁnə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,556 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for externe, with forms such as "etxerne", "exetrne", and "extenre". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "externen", "externer", "externes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 externe, spelled E-X-T-E-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etxerne
  • exetrne
  • extenre
  • exteren
  • externne
  • exterrne
  • extrene
  • extterne
  • exxterne
  • xeterne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of externe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

etxerne2exetrne2extenre2exteren2externne1exterrne1extrene2extterne1
Edit distance from "externe"

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 "externe"?
"externe" is spelled E-X-T-E-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛksˈtɛʁnə].
What does "externe" mean?
As an adjective, "externe" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extern
What words are commonly confused with "externe"?
"externe" is commonly confused with "externen", "externer", "externes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "externe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "externe" is [ˌɛksˈtɛʁnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "externe" come from?
"externe" 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 "externe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fehlern#8,558Florenz#8,562Dateien#8,539Cottbus#8,537

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

drängt10 variantslandete10 variantsblickt10 variantsMainzer10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list