erforderlich
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç]
The verdict
“erforderlich” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,494 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,494
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand/etwas ist nötig, wird gebraucht
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 | erforderlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erforderlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for erforderlich is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,494 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand/etwas ist nötig, wird gebraucht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for erforderlich, with forms such as "efrorderlich", "erfforderlich", and "erfodrerlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "erforderliche", "erforderlichen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erforderlich, spelled E-R-F-O-R-D-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1jemand/etwas ist nötig, wird gebraucht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efrorderlich,erfforderlich,erfodrerlich,erfordderlich,erfordelrich,erforderilch,erforderlcih,erforderlicch,erforderlichh,erforderlihc,erforderllich,erforderrlich,erfordrelich,erforedrlich,erforrderlich,erfroderlich,erofrderlich,errforderlich,reforderlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erforderlich - 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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Using “erforderlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-F-O-R-D-E-R-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erforderliche” - see the side-by-side comparison. erforderlich vs erforderliche
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.