erbärmlich
[ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪç]
The verdict
“erbärmlich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,698
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elend, so dass man Mitleid haben muss, jämmerlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbarmlich · erbärmlich · German
erbärmlich · rank #12,698 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,698
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erbringen
Nearest frequency peer: erbringen (-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 „erbärmlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- eindrucksvo…
eindrucksvoll
87,306 corpus weight
- einher
einher
87,305 corpus weight
- erbringen
erbringen
87,304 corpus weight
- erbärmlich
erbärmlich
87,303 corpus weight
- Erkältung
Erkältung
87,302 corpus weight
- erschlossen
erschlossen
87,301 corpus weight
What this shows „erbärmlich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erbärmlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erbärmlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around erbärmlich (IPA [ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,698 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for erbärmlich, with forms such as "ebrärmlich", "erbbärmlich", and "erbrämlich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "erbärmliche", "erbärmlichen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is erbärmlich, spelled E-R-B-Ä-R-M-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1elend, so dass man Mitleid haben muss, jämmerlich
- 2von sehr schlechter Qualität
- 3moralisch verwerflich, gemein
- 4sehr groß (um Negatives zu verstärken)
- 5nur sehr (um Adjektive oder Verben mit negativen Sinn zu verstärken)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erbärmlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dafür herrschen aber in Bauernhäusern oft um so erbärmlichere Wohnverhältnisse;
Die Schauspieler zeigten eine erbärmliche Leistung.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebrärmlich
- erbbärmlich
- erbrämlich
- erbämrlich
- erbärlmich
- erbärmilch
- erbärmlcih
- erbärmlicch
- erbärmlichh
- erbärmlihc
- erbärmllich
- erbärmmlich
- erbärrmlich
- errbärmlich
- eräbrmlich
- rebärmlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erbärmlich - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).