Erfurter
[ˈɛʁfʊʁtɐ]
The verdict
“Erfurter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,225
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einwohner von Erfurt (männlich oder unbestimmten Geschlechts)
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 | Erfurter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁfʊʁtɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erfurter” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Erfurter (IPA [ˈɛʁfʊʁtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,225 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Einwohner von Erfurt (männlich oder unbestimmten Geschlechts)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erfurter, with forms such as "efrurter", "erffurter", and "erfruter". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Erfurt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Erfurter, spelled E-R-F-U-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Einwohner von Erfurt (männlich oder unbestimmten Geschlechts)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrurter
- erffurter
- erfruter
- erfuretr
- erfurrter
- erfurterr
- erfurtre
- erfurtter
- erfutrer
- errfurter
- erufrter
- refurter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erfurter - 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 “Erfurter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-F-U-R-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɛʁfʊʁtɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Erfurt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Erfurter vs Erfurt
- 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.