Erbauung
[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erbauung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,292
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, ein Bauwerk zu errichten
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbauung · Erbauung · German
Erbauung · rank #36,292 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,292
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entschlüsselt
Nearest frequency peer: entschlüsselt (-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 „Erbauung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- enjoy
enjoy
63,713 corpus weight
- entgegenges…
entgegengesetzt
63,712 corpus weight
- entschlüsse…
entschlüsselt
63,710 corpus weight
- Erbauung
Erbauung
63,709 corpus weight
- Erbschaftss…
Erbschaftssteuer
63,708 corpus weight
- Erdnussbutt…
Erdnussbutter
63,706 corpus weight
What this shows „Erbauung“ 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 | Erbauung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erbauung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Erbauung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,292 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erbauung, with forms such as "ebrauung", "erabuung", and "erbaung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Erwägung", "erbauen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Erbauung, spelled E-R-B-A-U-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, ein Bauwerk zu errichten
- 2Vorgang, bei dem die psychische Verfassung positiv beeinflusst wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Erbauung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Noch heute lässt sich auf dem Luftbild erahnen, dass die Stadtmauer einen fast perfekten Kreis bildete, man muss demnach von einer planmäßigen Erbauung ausgehen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebrauung
- erabuung
- erbaung
- erbaunug
- erbauugn
- erbauungg
- erbauunng
- erbbauung
- erbuaung
- errbauung
- rebauung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erbauung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Erbauung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).