erfassen
[ɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩]
The verdict
“erfassen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,311
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ergreifen, mitreißen; meistens durch ein vorbeikommendes Fahrzeug
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfassen · erfassen · German
erfassen · rank #7,311 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,311
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entnehmen
Nearest frequency peer: entnehmen (-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 “erfassen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Düsseldorfer
Düsseldorfer
92,693 corpus weight
- eingezogen
eingezogen
92,692 corpus weight
- entnehmen
entnehmen
92,691 corpus weight
- erfassen
erfassen
92,690 corpus weight
- ergänzen
ergänzen
92,689 corpus weight
- Ernte
Ernte
92,688 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erfassen” 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 | erfassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “erfassen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around erfassen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,311 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for erfassen, with forms such as "efrassen", "erafssen", and "erfasen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "erfasst", "erlassen", "Ermessen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erfassen, spelled E-R-F-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1ergreifen, mitreißen; meistens durch ein vorbeikommendes Fahrzeug
- 2das Wesentliche einer Sache verstehen
- 3Daten, Informationen aufnehmen
- 4von starken Gefühlen ergriffen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erfassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Fahrzeug wurde auf dem Bahnübergang von einem Zug erfasst und mitgerissen.
Er erfasste die Situation sofort.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrassen
- erafssen
- erfasen
- erfasesn
- erfassenn
- erfassne
- erfaßen
- erffassen
- erfsasen
- errfassen
- refassen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erfassen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "erfassen", 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).
What to do next
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- "erfassen" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "erfasst". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,311 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.