Erbauer
[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Erbauer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,567
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die etwas durch Bauen erschafft (insbesondere Gebäude oder Bauwerke)
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbauer · Erbauer · German
Erbauer · rank #33,567 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,567
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entscheidendes
Nearest frequency peer: entscheidendes (-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 „Erbauer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entgegenges…
entgegengesetzte
66,437 corpus weight
- enthauptet
enthauptet
66,436 corpus weight
- entscheiden…
entscheidendes
66,435 corpus weight
- Erbauer
Erbauer
66,434 corpus weight
- erbringt
erbringt
66,433 corpus weight
- ergebenden
ergebenden
66,432 corpus weight
What this shows „Erbauer“ 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 | Erbauer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erbauer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Erbauer (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,567 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erbauer, with forms such as "ebrauer", "erabuer", and "erbaeur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "erbaut", "erbaute", "erbauten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Erbauer, spelled E-R-B-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die etwas durch Bauen erschafft (insbesondere Gebäude oder Bauwerke)
- 2Person, die für den Bau eines Bauwerks verantwortlich ist beziehungsweise ihn in Auftrag gegeben hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Erbauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um daraus Bogensehnen zu machen, verdrillten die prähistorischen Erbauer die einzelnen Tiersehnen zu drei Millimeter dicken und rund 30 beziehungsweise 60 Zentimeter langen Konstrukten.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebrauer
- erabuer
- erbaeur
- erbauerr
- erbaure
- erbbauer
- erbuaer
- errbauer
- rebauer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erbauer - 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 "Erbauer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).