erbitten
[ɛɐ̯ˈbɪtn̩]
The verdict
“erbitten” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,314
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden um etwas dringend bitten, dringend um etwas nachsuchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbitten · erbitten · German
erbitten · rank #39,314 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,314
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eren
Nearest frequency peer: Eren (+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 „erbitten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entrissen
entrissen
60,690 corpus weight
- entspräche
entspräche
60,689 corpus weight
- erbitten
erbitten
60,687 corpus weight
- Eren
Eren
60,686 corpus weight
- Erfahrungsw…
Erfahrungswerte
60,685 corpus weight
- erfolgreich…
erfolgreichster
60,684 corpus weight
What this shows „erbitten“ 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 | erbitten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈbɪtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erbitten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around erbitten (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈbɪtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,314 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemanden um etwas dringend bitten, dringend um etwas nachsuchen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for erbitten, with forms such as "ebritten", "erbbitten", and "erbiten". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "erlitten", "erhitzen", "ermitteln", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erbitten, spelled E-R-B-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden um etwas dringend bitten, dringend um etwas nachsuchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erbitten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Fernsehsendung "Was bin ich?" erbat Robert Lemke [sic!] von seinen Gästen stets eine typische Handbewegung.
Im Jahr 2010 sandte ich ihm einen Brief. Flehentlich erbat ich ein Gespräch. Keine Antwort.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebritten
- erbbitten
- erbiten
- erbitetn
- erbittenn
- erbittne
- erbtiten
- eribtten
- errbitten
- rebitten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erbitten - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "erbitten", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).