erfroren
[ɛɐ̯ˈfʁoːʁən]
The verdict
“erfroren” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,355
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - infolge zu niedriger Temperaturen (ab-)gestorben
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfroren · erfroren · German
erfroren · rank #47,355 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,355
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erdenkliche
Nearest frequency peer: erdenkliche (-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 „erfroren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entgegenges…
entgegengesetzten
52,649 corpus weight
- entgegenste…
entgegenstellen
52,648 corpus weight
- erdenkliche
erdenkliche
52,647 corpus weight
- erfroren
erfroren
52,646 corpus weight
- erhaltener
erhaltener
52,645 corpus weight
- erkenntlich
erkenntlich
52,644 corpus weight
What this shows „erfroren“ 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 | erfroren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁoːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erfroren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erfroren (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁoːʁən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,355 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "infolge zu niedriger Temperaturen (ab-)gestorben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erfroren, with forms such as "efrroren", "erffroren", and "erforren". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "erfuhren", "erproben", "erfahren", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 erfroren, spelled E-R-F-R-O-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1infolge zu niedriger Temperaturen (ab-)gestorben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erfroren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„1630 war der Höhepunkt der kleinen Eiszeit, Schnee im Juni, erfrorenes Getreide, Missernten.“
„Am 9. September 1302 erfroren die Weinstöcke im Elsass. Es folgte ein strenger Winter. Am 2. Mai 1303 standen in Deutschland die Bauern vor ihrem erfrorenen Saatgut. Noch ahnten sie nicht, wie hart die Zeiten werden sollten – die Kleine Eiszeit hatte begonnen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrroren
- erffroren
- erforren
- erfroern
- erfrorenn
- erfrorne
- erfrorren
- erfrroen
- erfrroren
- errforen
- errfroren
- refroren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erfroren - 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 "erfroren", 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).