Erbse
[ˈɛʁpsə]
The verdict
“Erbse” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,614
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Same einer Hülsenfrucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbse · Erbse · German
Erbse · rank #46,614 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,614
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erbarmungslos
Nearest frequency peer: erbarmungslos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Erbse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Entwicklung…
Entwicklungsprozess
53,390 corpus weight
- entzücken
entzücken
53,389 corpus weight
- erbarmungsl…
erbarmungslos
53,388 corpus weight
- Erbse
Erbse
53,387 corpus weight
- Erdatmosphä…
Erdatmosphäre
53,386 corpus weight
- ereigneten
ereigneten
53,385 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Erbse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Erbse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁpsə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Erbse” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Erbse (IPA [ˈɛʁpsə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,614 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erbse, with forms such as "ebrse", "erbbse", and "erbsse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ers", "erst", "Erde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Erbse, spelled E-R-B-S-E.
Definition
- 1Same einer Hülsenfrucht
- 2die Pflanze aus der Unterfamilie der Schmetterlingsblütler, an der die gleichnamige Hülsenfrucht wächst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erbse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute gibt's Erbsen und Karotten.
„Claudine war damit beschäftigt, aus nationalem Kaffee-Ersatz, der diesmal statt aus Gerste aus getrockneten Erbsen bestand, die echten Kaffeebohnen herauszulesen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebrse
- erbbse
- erbsse
- errbse
- ersbe
- rebse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erbse - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erbse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Erbse" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ers". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #46,614 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.