erfolgt

/[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkt]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,547

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

erfolgt is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfolgen Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkt]. It ranks #1,547 in German word frequency. Often confused with erholt and erfüllt.

Key facts for erfolgt
PropertyValue
Headworderfolgt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,547
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erfolgt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erfolgt is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,547 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfolgen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for erfolgt, with forms such as "efrolgt", "erffolgt", and "erflogt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "erholt", "erfüllt", "erfolgte", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erfolgt, spelled E-R-F-O-L-G-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfolgen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efrolgt,erffolgt,erflogt,erfoglt,erfolggt,erfolgtt,erfollgt,erfoltg,eroflgt,errfolgt,refolgt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erfolgt

Misspelling Variants of "erfolgt"

efrolgt7erffolgt8erflogt7erfoglt7erfolggt8erfolgtt8erfollgt8erfoltg7
Misspelling Variants of "erfolgt"

Frequency rank: #1,547 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erfolgt"?
"erfolgt" is spelled E-R-F-O-L-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkt].
What does "erfolgt" mean?
As a verb, "erfolgt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfolgen
What words are commonly confused with "erfolgt"?
"erfolgt" is commonly confused with "erholt", "erfüllt", "erfolgte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erfolgt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erfolgt" is [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erfolgt" come from?
"erfolgt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.