Erdboden
[ˈeːɐ̯tˌboːdn̩]
The verdict
“Erdboden” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,872
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der feste aus Erde bestehende Grund, auf dem man steht, die Erdoberfläche
Corpus desk
Index DE-erdboden · Erdboden · German
Erdboden · rank #18,872 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,872
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erbsen
Nearest frequency peer: Erbsen (-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 “Erdboden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Emanzipation
Emanzipation
81,132 corpus weight
- empor
empor
81,131 corpus weight
- Erbsen
Erbsen
81,130 corpus weight
- Erdboden
Erdboden
81,129 corpus weight
- erkannten
erkannten
81,127 corpus weight
- Erläuterung
Erläuterung
81,126 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Erdboden” 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 | Erdboden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯tˌboːdn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Erdboden” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Erdboden (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯tˌboːdn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,872 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erdboden, with forms such as "edrboden", "erbdoden", and "erdbboden". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "erdulden", "Erdbeben", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Erdboden, spelled E-R-D-B-O-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1der feste aus Erde bestehende Grund, auf dem man steht, die Erdoberfläche
- 2die natürliche Bodenschicht, der Ackerboden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erdboden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg wurden viele Städte und Dörfer dem Erdboden gleich gemacht.
„Wie schon beim für den Homo sapiens entwicklungsgeschichtlich bedeutsamen Fortschritt des aufrechten Gangs ist beim Erklettern hoher Bäume und Felsen der Abstand zum Erdboden selbst schon eine Errungenschaft.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- edrboden
- erbdoden
- erdbboden
- erdbdoen
- erdbodden
- erdbodenn
- erdbodne
- erdboedn
- erddboden
- erdobden
- errdboden
- redboden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erdboden - 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 "Erdboden", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Erdboden" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "erdulden". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,872 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.