erfinden
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndn̩]
The verdict
“erfinden” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,535
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine technische Neuheit erdenken; eine Erfindung machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfinden · erfinden · German
erfinden · rank #9,535 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,535
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entstandene
Nearest frequency peer: entstandene (-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 „erfinden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- enthielt
enthielt
90,469 corpus weight
- entschuldige
entschuldige
90,468 corpus weight
- entstandene
entstandene
90,467 corpus weight
- erfinden
erfinden
90,466 corpus weight
- Erleichteru…
Erleichterung
90,465 corpus weight
- erschienenen
erschienenen
90,464 corpus weight
What this shows „erfinden“ 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 | erfinden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erfinden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erfinden (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,535 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erfinden, with forms such as "efrinden", "erffinden", and "erfidnen". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "erfunden", "Erfinder", "erkunden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erfinden, spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine technische Neuheit erdenken; eine Erfindung machen
- 2sich etwas Unwahres ausdenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erfinden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Etwas zu erfinden ist weder als Kunst noch als Wissenschaft zu verstehen.
Sie erfindet alle möglichen Hilfsmittel für Linkshänder.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrinden
- erffinden
- erfidnen
- erfindden
- erfindenn
- erfindne
- erfinedn
- erfinnden
- erfniden
- erifnden
- errfinden
- refinden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erfinden - 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 "erfinden", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).