Erektion
[eʁɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Erektion” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,032
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parasympathisch gesteuerte Reaktion des Schwellkörpers von Penis beziehungsweise Klitoris auf einen mechanischen oder psychisch ausgelösten Reiz
Corpus desk
Index DE-erektion · Erektion · German
Erektion · rank #30,032 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,032
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Ereignisses
Nearest frequency peer: Ereignisses (-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 „Erektion“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entspringen
entspringen
69,972 corpus weight
- Ereignisses
Ereignisses
69,970 corpus weight
- Erektion
Erektion
69,969 corpus weight
- Ergebnisses
Ergebnisses
69,968 corpus weight
- ergründen
ergründen
69,967 corpus weight
- erheblichem
erheblichem
69,966 corpus weight
What this shows „Erektion“ 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 | Erektion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eʁɛkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erektion“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Erektion (IPA [eʁɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,032 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "parasympathisch gesteuerte Reaktion des Schwellkörpers von Penis beziehungsweise Klitoris auf einen mechanischen oder psychisch ausgelösten Reiz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erektion, with forms such as "eerktion", "erekiton", and "erekktion". 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, "Exekution", "Elektron", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Erektion, spelled E-R-E-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1parasympathisch gesteuerte Reaktion des Schwellkörpers von Penis beziehungsweise Klitoris auf einen mechanischen oder psychisch ausgelösten Reiz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erektion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als sie mich anblickte, bekam ich eine Erektion.
Bei ihren sanften Streicheleinheiten war eine Erektion nicht mehr zu verhindern.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eerktion
- erekiton
- erekktion
- erektino
- erektionn
- erektoin
- erekttion
- eretkion
- erketion
- errektion
- reektion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erektion - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erektion", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).