Eiger
"eiger" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Eiger” is uncommon English (frequency #80,418 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,418
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eiger · Eiger · English
Eiger · rank #80,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,418
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH egyptology
Nearest frequency peer: egyptology (-1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “Eiger”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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echinacea
19,590 corpus weight
- egyptology
egyptology
19,584 corpus weight
- Eiger
Eiger
19,583 corpus weight
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elastin
19,582 corpus weight
- encasing
encasing
19,578 corpus weight
- endometrium
endometrium
19,577 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Eiger” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eiger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Eiger” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Eiger is uncommon English at frequency #80,418 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.".
Eiger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Eiger. The correct English form is Eiger, spelled E-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Eiger.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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