Ehrfurcht
[ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʊʁçt]
The verdict
“Ehrfurcht” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,100
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf einer hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert beruhende Scheu
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrfurcht · Ehrfurcht · German
Ehrfurcht · rank #25,100 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,100
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eat
Nearest frequency peer: eat (-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 „Ehrfurcht“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- detective
detective
74,904 corpus weight
- eat
eat
74,902 corpus weight
- Ehrfurcht
Ehrfurcht
74,901 corpus weight
- Eigenheiten
Eigenheiten
74,900 corpus weight
- eigenhändig
eigenhändig
74,899 corpus weight
- Eigentor
Eigentor
74,898 corpus weight
What this shows „Ehrfurcht“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrfurcht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʊʁçt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ehrfurcht“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Ehrfurcht (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʊʁçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,100 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf einer hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert beruhende Scheu".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ehrfurcht, with forms such as "ehfrurcht", "ehhrfurcht", and "ehrffurcht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ehrfurcht, spelled E-H-R-F-U-R-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1auf einer hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert beruhende Scheu
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehrfurcht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Gelehrten nahmen es mit gespannter Ehrfurcht zur Kenntnis.“
„Doch die Gastgeber erstarrten nicht in Ehrfurcht vor dem Weltmeister und durften in der 31. Minute den Ausgleichstreffer von Dmitrij Nazarov bejubeln.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehfrurcht
- ehhrfurcht
- ehrffurcht
- ehrfrucht
- ehrfucrht
- ehrfurccht
- ehrfurchht
- ehrfurchtt
- ehrfurcth
- ehrfurhct
- ehrfurrcht
- ehrrfurcht
- ehrufrcht
- erhfurcht
- herfurcht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ehrfurcht - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ehrfurcht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).