erfordere

[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdəʁə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdəʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“erfordere” is uncommon German (frequency #58,732 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,732
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfordern

Corpus desk

Index DE-erfordere · erfordere · German

erfordere · rank #58,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,732
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erfolgverspre…

Nearest frequency peer: erfolgversprechend (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „erfordere“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erfordere“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erfordere
PropertyValue
Headworderfordere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdəʁə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,732
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erfordere“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).erforderefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erfolgversprechend“ (#58,731), „erforschten“ (#58,733), „Erdkruste“ (#58,730). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erfordere“ bei #58,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erfordere is uncommon German at frequency #58,732 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdəʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erfordere, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erfordere, spelled E-R-F-O-R-D-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfordern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfordern
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfordern
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfordern

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

How do you spell "erfordere"?
"erfordere" is spelled E-R-F-O-R-D-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdəʁə].
What does "erfordere" mean?
As a verb, "erfordere" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erfordern
How do you pronounce "erfordere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erfordere" is [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erfordere" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erfordere", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erdkruste#58,730erhobenem#58,735Erblasser#58,728entsprang#58,725

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list