erfinde
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndə]
The verdict
“erfinde” is uncommon German (frequency #69,181 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,181
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfinde · erfinde · German
erfinde · rank #69,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,181
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ergreifende
Nearest frequency peer: ergreifende (+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 „erfinde“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Enzian
Enzian
30,823 corpus weight
- Erbsensuppe
Erbsensuppe
30,822 corpus weight
- erfinde
erfinde
30,820 corpus weight
- ergreifende
ergreifende
30,819 corpus weight
- erhabener
erhabener
30,818 corpus weight
- erklärenden
erklärenden
30,816 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erfinde“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erfinde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erfinde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erfinde is uncommon German at frequency #69,181 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
erfinde has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erfinde, spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfinden
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfinden
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfinden
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfinden
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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