Erbschaft
[ˈɛʁpʃaft]
The verdict
“Erbschaft” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,589. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,589
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gesamter Besitz einer verstorbenen Person, der im Erbfall an die Erben übergehen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbschaft · Erbschaft · German
Erbschaft · rank #21,589 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,589
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH empfindliche
Nearest frequency peer: empfindliche (-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 „Erbschaft“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- eleganten
eleganten
78,415 corpus weight
- elterlichen
elterlichen
78,414 corpus weight
- empfindliche
empfindliche
78,413 corpus weight
- Erbschaft
Erbschaft
78,412 corpus weight
- erlöst
erlöst
78,411 corpus weight
- erpressen
erpressen
78,410 corpus weight
What this shows „Erbschaft“ 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 | Erbschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁpʃaft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erbschaft“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Erbschaft (IPA [ˈɛʁpʃaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,589 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gesamter Besitz einer verstorbenen Person, der im Erbfall an die Erben übergehen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erbschaft, with forms such as "ebrschaft", "erbbschaft", and "erbcshaft". 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, "ernsthaft", "erschafft", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erbschaft, spelled E-R-B-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1gesamter Besitz einer verstorbenen Person, der im Erbfall an die Erben übergehen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erbschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die gesamte Erbschaft genügte nicht, um die Schulden des Erblassers zu begleichen.
„Friedrich ließ sich seine kleine Erbschaft auszahlen und verschwand auf zwei Jahre.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebrschaft
- erbbschaft
- erbcshaft
- erbscahft
- erbscchaft
- erbschafft
- erbschaftt
- erbschatf
- erbschfat
- erbschhaft
- erbshcaft
- erbsschaft
- errbschaft
- ersbchaft
- rebschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erbschaft - 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 "Erbschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).