Erfindung
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erfindung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,414
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besondere, nicht auf der Hand liegende, materielle Konstrukte oder Verfahren, die neue und nützliche Anwendungen ermöglichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfindung · Erfindung · German
Erfindung · rank #6,414 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,414
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entspannen
Nearest frequency peer: entspannen (-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 “Erfindung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- effektiv
effektiv
93,590 corpus weight
- Einstellung…
Einstellungen
93,589 corpus weight
- entspannen
entspannen
93,588 corpus weight
- Erfindung
Erfindung
93,587 corpus weight
- Ergebnissen
Ergebnissen
93,586 corpus weight
- erhebt
erhebt
93,585 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Erfindung” 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 | Erfindung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Erfindung” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Erfindung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,414 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erfindung, with forms such as "efrindung", "erffindung", and "erfidnung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Erkundung", "Erfindungen", "erfinden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Erfindung, spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1besondere, nicht auf der Hand liegende, materielle Konstrukte oder Verfahren, die neue und nützliche Anwendungen ermöglichen
- 2etwas Fiktives, das nicht auf Wahrheit beruht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erfindung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erfindung des Automobils sollte die industrielle Welt verändern.
„John Hammond, stets ein aufmerksamer Beobachter der Ereignisse seiner Zeit, erkennt sehr bald, welche Umwälzungen Homer Capeharts Erfindung der Jukebox für die Phono-Industrie bringen wird.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrindung
- erffindung
- erfidnung
- erfinddung
- erfindnug
- erfindugn
- erfindungg
- erfindunng
- erfinndung
- erfinudng
- erfnidung
- erifndung
- errfindung
- refindung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erfindung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Erfindung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Erfindung". Here's where to go from here.
- "Erfindung" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Erkundung". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,414 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.