Elritze
[ˈɛlˌʁɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Elritze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kleinfisch aus der Gattung Phoxinus
Corpus desk
Index DE-elritze · Elritze · German
Elritze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Elritze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛlˌʁɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Elritze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Elritze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛlˌʁɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kleinfisch aus der Gattung Phoxinus".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Elritze, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Elritze, spelled E-L-R-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Kleinfisch aus der Gattung Phoxinus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Elritze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elritzen benötigen sauberes, klares Wasser und dienen daher auch zur Überwachung der Trinkwasserqualität.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.