erfolglos
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkloːs]
The verdict
“erfolglos” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,710. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,710
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Erfolg
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfolglos · erfolglos · German
erfolglos · rank #9,710 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,710
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfahrene
Nearest frequency peer: erfahrene (-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 „erfolglos“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entfällt
entfällt
90,294 corpus weight
- entnommen
entnommen
90,293 corpus weight
- erfahrene
erfahrene
90,292 corpus weight
- erfolglos
erfolglos
90,291 corpus weight
- erforscht
erforscht
90,290 corpus weight
- erzogen
erzogen
90,288 corpus weight
What this shows „erfolglos“ 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 | erfolglos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erfolglos“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around erfolglos (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkloːs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,710 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ohne Erfolg".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for erfolglos, with forms such as "efrolglos", "erffolglos", and "erfloglos". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Erfolgs", "erfolglosen", "Erfolges", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erfolglos, spelled E-R-F-O-L-G-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Erfolg
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erfolglos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach der erfolglosen Hinrunde hofften die Fans auf gute Ergebnisse bei den Rückspielen.
„Ich leistete keinen Widerstand und konnte über ihre erfolglosen Bemühungen nur lächeln.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrolglos
- erffolglos
- erfloglos
- erfogllos
- erfolgglos
- erfolgllos
- erfolgloss
- erfolglso
- erfolgols
- erfollglos
- erfollgos
- eroflglos
- errfolglos
- refolglos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erfolglos - 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 "erfolglos", 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).