einen
\ˈaɪ̯nən\
The verdict
“einen” is uncommon French (frequency #72,288 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,288
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-einen · einen · French
einen · rank #72,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,288
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Ellul
Nearest frequency peer: Ellul (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « einen »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- détériorati…
détériorations
27,717 corpus weight
- dévorait
dévorait
27,716 corpus weight
- dévotions
dévotions
27,715 corpus weight
- einen
einen
27,713 corpus weight
- Ellul
Ellul
27,712 corpus weight
- embêtent
embêtent
27,711 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « einen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaɪ̯nən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « einen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
einen is uncommon French at frequency #72,288 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaɪ̯nən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for einen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is einen, spelled E-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Unir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how einen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die zwei autoritären Staaten sind zudem in ihrem Antagonismus zum Westen geeint: Sie brauchen sich, um auf internationaler Ebene ihre Umdeutungen von konstitutioneller Demokratie, Menschenrechten und Pressefreiheit durchzusetzen.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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