erfragen
[ɛɐ̯ˈfʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“erfragen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,625
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Auskunft durch Fragen erhalten, um eine Auskunft bitten
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfragen · erfragen · German
erfragen · rank #34,625 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,625
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erdenklichen
Nearest frequency peer: erdenklichen (-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 „erfragen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Entwurfs
Entwurfs
65,379 corpus weight
- erblicken
erblicken
65,378 corpus weight
- erdenklichen
erdenklichen
65,377 corpus weight
- erfragen
erfragen
65,376 corpus weight
- Erfrischung
Erfrischung
65,375 corpus weight
- erica
erica
65,374 corpus weight
What this shows „erfragen“ 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 | erfragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erfragen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erfragen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,625 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Auskunft durch Fragen erhalten, um eine Auskunft bitten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erfragen, with forms such as "efrragen", "erfargen", and "erffragen". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "erraten", "erregen", "erwägen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 erfragen, spelled E-R-F-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Auskunft durch Fragen erhalten, um eine Auskunft bitten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erfragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich erfrage den Weg.
Du erfragst die Uhrzeit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrragen
- erfargen
- erffragen
- erfraegn
- erfragenn
- erfraggen
- erfragne
- erfrgaen
- erfrragen
- errfagen
- errfragen
- refragen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erfragen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erfragen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).