erfrieren
[ɛɐ̯ˈfʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“erfrieren” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,296
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch Frost/Kälte seinen Tod finden
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 | erfrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erfrieren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around erfrieren (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,296 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "durch Frost/Kälte seinen Tod finden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for erfrieren, with forms such as "efrrieren", "erffrieren", and "erfireren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "erfroren", "erfreuen", "einfrieren", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erfrieren, spelled E-R-F-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Frost/Kälte seinen Tod finden
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efrrieren,erffrieren,erfireren,erfreiren,erfrieern,erfrierenn,erfrierne,erfrierren,erfrireen,erfrrieren,errfieren,errfrieren,refrieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erfrieren - 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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Using “erfrieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-F-R-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erfroren” - see the side-by-side comparison. erfrieren vs erfroren
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.