Erfolg
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlk]
The verdict
“Erfolg” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #581
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Gelingen einer Sache
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfolg · Erfolg · German
Erfolg · rank #581 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #581
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH dadurch
Nearest frequency peer: dadurch (-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 “Erfolg”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Angst
Angst
99,423 corpus weight
- dadurch
dadurch
99,421 corpus weight
- Erfolg
Erfolg
99,420 corpus weight
- Hause
Hause
99,419 corpus weight
- Krieg
Krieg
99,418 corpus weight
- Lage
Lage
99,417 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Erfolg” 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 | Erfolg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Erfolg” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Erfolg (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #581 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erfolg, with forms such as "efrolg", "erffolg", and "erflog". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "erholt", "erfolgt", "Erfolge", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Erfolg, spelled E-R-F-O-L-G.
Definition
- 1das Gelingen einer Sache
- 2das Erreichen selbst gesetzter Ziele
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erfolg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe versucht es zu reparieren – leider ohne Erfolg.
„Es ist jetzt schon ein Erfolg, wenn die Ehefrau eines Inhaftierten keine Spuren von Folter im Gesicht ihres Mannes entdeckt.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrolg
- erffolg
- erflog
- erfogl
- erfolgg
- erfollg
- eroflg
- errfolg
- refolg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erfolg - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erfolg", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Erfolg". Here's where to go from here.
- "Erfolg" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "erholt". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #581 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.