Erfrischung
[ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erfrischung” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,626
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, um Ermüdung, Erschlaffung oder Ähnlichem entgegenzuwirken, und Ergebnis dieser Handlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfrischung · Erfrischung · German
Erfrischung · rank #34,626 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,626
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfragen
Nearest frequency peer: erfragen (-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 „Erfrischung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Erin
Erin
65,373 corpus weight
What this shows „Erfrischung“ 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 | Erfrischung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erfrischung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Erfrischung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,626 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erfrischung, with forms such as "efrrischung", "erffrischung", and "erfirschung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Erforschung", "erfrischend", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Erfrischung, spelled E-R-F-R-I-S-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung, um Ermüdung, Erschlaffung oder Ähnlichem entgegenzuwirken, und Ergebnis dieser Handlung
- 2Mittel (Speise, Getränk oder sonst etwas), um [1] zu erreichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erfrischung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Abendkühle brachte die ersehnte Erfrischung.
„Für die Ägypter war Lesen eine köstliche Erfrischung gleich dem kühlen, wohltuenden Nass aus dem Wasserschlauch.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrrischung
- erffrischung
- erfirschung
- erfricshung
- erfriscchung
- erfrischhung
- erfrischnug
- erfrischugn
- erfrischungg
- erfrischunng
- erfriscuhng
- erfrishcung
- erfrisschung
- erfrrischung
- erfrsichung
- errfischung
- errfrischung
- refrischung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erfrischung - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erfrischung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).