Erdoğan
The verdict
“Erdoğan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,501. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,501
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - türkischer Familienname
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 | Erdoğan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erdoğan” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Erdoğan, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,501 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "türkischer Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erdoğan, with forms such as "edroğan", "erddoğan", and "erdoağn". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "erzogen", "erwogen", "Erdgas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Erdoğan, spelled E-R-D-O-Ğ-A-N.
Definition
- 1türkischer Familienname
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: edroğan,erddoğan,erdoağn,erdoğann,erdoğna,erdğoan,erodğan,errdoğan,redoğan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erdoğan - 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
How do you spell "Erdoğan"?
What does "Erdoğan" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Erdoğan"?
What language does "Erdoğan" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “Erdoğan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-D-O-Ğ-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “erzogen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Erdoğan vs erzogen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.