Einbildung
\aɪ̯nˌbɪldʊŋ\
The verdict
“Einbildung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imagination.
Corpus desk
Index FR-einbildung · Einbildung · French
Einbildung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Einbildung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aɪ̯nˌbɪldʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Einbildung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aɪ̯nˌbɪldʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Einbildung, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Einbildung, spelled E-I-N-B-I-L-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Imagination.
- 2Illusion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Einbildung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Föhren standen um (die Hütte) herum und ein Brunnen nicht weit von ihrer Türe. Auch war das Holz dieser Hütte nicht schwarz, sondern weißlich und faulig, und überall in den Ritzen waren Schwämme, doch kann auch das nur eine nachträgliche Einbildung sein; die Jahre liegen in einer so großen Anzahl zwischen heute und diesem Vorfall, daß Traum und Wirklichke…
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.