ergo
[ˈɛʁɡo]
The verdict
“ergo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,900
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort
Corpus desk
Index DE-ergo · ergo · German
ergo · rank #12,900 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,900
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfolgreiches
Nearest frequency peer: erfolgreiches (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ergo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entlasten
entlasten
87,104 corpus weight
- erfolgreich…
erfolgreiches
87,102 corpus weight
- ergo
ergo
87,101 corpus weight
- erhofft
erhofft
87,100 corpus weight
- erkrankten
erkrankten
87,099 corpus weight
- Erscheinung…
Erscheinungsbild
87,098 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ergo” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ergo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁɡo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “ergo” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ergo (IPA [ˈɛʁɡo]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,900 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ergo, with forms such as "egro", "erggo", and "erog". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ers", "Erz", "EWG", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ergo, spelled E-R-G-O.
Definition
- 1eine Schlussfolgerung einleitendes Wort
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ergo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Jodine heilt Kröpfe, ergo ein Mittel, was den Kropf heilt, enthält Jodine.
» … Man muß sich vor der Zeit keine Gedanken machen, ergo – gluc-gluc.«
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egro
- erggo
- erog
- errgo
- rego
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ergo - 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 "ergo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "ergo". Here's where to go from here.
- "ergo" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ers". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,900 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.