ergehen

[ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“ergehen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,277
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - offiziell ausgestellt/festgestellt/zugestellt werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-ergehen · ergehen · German

ergehen · rank #17,277 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,277
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erahnen

Nearest frequency peer: erahnen (-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 „ergehen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „ergehen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ergehen vs ergeht
71% similar
ergehen vs erleben
71% similar
ergehen vs erhöhen
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ergehen
PropertyValue
Headwordergehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,277
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ergehen“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ergehenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „erahnen“ (#17,276), „Ergänzungen“ (#17,278), „entzieht“ (#17,275). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ergehen“ bei #17,277. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ergehen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,277 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ergehen, with forms such as "egrehen", "ereghen", and "ergeehn". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ergeht", "erleben", "erhöhen", and more, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ergehen, spelled E-R-G-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    offiziell ausgestellt/festgestellt/zugestellt werden
  2. 2
    jemandem geschehen; sich in einer Situation befinden
  3. 3
    sich länger und wortreich über ein Thema ausbreiten
  4. 4
    draußen um der Freude willen langsam spazierengehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das amtliches Schreiben erging an den Vater der Antragstellerin.
  2. Meinem Bruder ergeht es auch nicht viel besser.

This word in other languages

be(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egrehen
  • ereghen
  • ergeehn
  • ergehenn
  • ergehhen
  • ergehne
  • erggehen
  • ergheen
  • errgehen
  • regehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ergehen - 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.

egrehen2ereghen2ergeehn2ergehenn1ergehhen1ergehne2erggehen1ergheen2
Edit distance from "ergehen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ergehen"?
"ergehen" is spelled E-R-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən].
What does "ergehen" mean?
As a verb, "ergehen" means: offiziell ausgestellt/festgestellt/zugestellt werden
What words are commonly confused with "ergehen"?
"ergehen" is commonly confused with "ergeht", "erleben", "erhöhen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ergehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ergehen" is [ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ergehen" come from?
"ergehen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ergehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erahnen#17,276ernsten#17,281ernster#17,282erregte#17,283

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

düstere10 variantsformale10 variantsDirndl10 variantsDiagramm10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list