Erdkruste

[ˈeːɐ̯tˌkʁʊstə]

/[ˈeːɐ̯tˌkʁʊstə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Erdkruste” is uncommon German (frequency #58,730 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,730
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - äußere, feste Schicht des Planeten Erde

Corpus desk

Index DE-erdkruste · Erdkruste · German

Erdkruste · rank #58,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,730
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erbte

Nearest frequency peer: erbte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Erdkruste“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erdkruste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Erdkruste
PropertyValue
HeadwordErdkruste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeːɐ̯tˌkʁʊstə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Erdkruste“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Erdkrustefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erbte“ (#58,729), „erfolgversprechend“ (#58,731), „Erblasser“ (#58,728). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Erdkruste“ bei #58,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Erdkruste is uncommon German at frequency #58,730 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯tˌkʁʊstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "äußere, feste Schicht des Planeten Erde".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Erdkruste, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Erdkruste, spelled E-R-D-K-R-U-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    äußere, feste Schicht des Planeten Erde

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Erdkruste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Schalenaufbau der Erde bildet die Erdkruste zusammen mit dem lithosphärischen Mantel die Lithosphäre.
  2. Tsunamis seien wegen der stabilen Erdkruste in dieser Region aber unwahrscheinlich.

Synonyms

Erdrinde

Antonyms

ErdkernErdmantel

This word in other languages

crust(English)corteza terrestre(Español)croûte terrestre(Français)

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

How do you spell "Erdkruste"?
"Erdkruste" is spelled E-R-D-K-R-U-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːɐ̯tˌkʁʊstə].
What does "Erdkruste" mean?
As a noun, "Erdkruste" means: äußere, feste Schicht des Planeten Erde
How do you pronounce "Erdkruste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erdkruste" is [ˈeːɐ̯tˌkʁʊstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erdkruste" come from?
"Erdkruste" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erdkruste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erblasser#58,728erfordere#58,732entsprang#58,725erhobenem#58,735

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list