Ergotherapie

[ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː]

/[ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Ergotherapie” is uncommon German (frequency #59,605 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,605
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Therapieform, die sich mit der Ausführung konkreter Betätigungen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und seiner Umwelt befasst

Corpus desk

Index DE-ergotherapie · Ergotherapie · German

Ergotherapie · rank #59,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,605
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erfinderisch

Nearest frequency peer: erfinderisch (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ergotherapie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ergotherapie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ergotherapie
PropertyValue
HeadwordErgotherapie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː]
Letters12
Frequency rank#59,605
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ergotherapie“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ergotherapiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erfinderisch“ (#59,604), „erkoren“ (#59,606), „Erdgeschichte“ (#59,603). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ergotherapie“ bei #59,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ergotherapie is uncommon German at frequency #59,605 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Therapieform, die sich mit der Ausführung konkreter Betätigungen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und seiner Umwelt befasst".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ergotherapie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ergotherapie, spelled E-R-G-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Therapieform, die sich mit der Ausführung konkreter Betätigungen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und seiner Umwelt befasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein Kind, das nicht bastelt oder keine Bilder malt, kommt zur Ergotherapie, wer stottert, wird zum Logopäden geschickt.“
  2. „Die Ergotherapie unterstützt den Patienten in der Bewältigung seines Alltags.“

This word in other languages

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 "Ergotherapie"?
"Ergotherapie" is spelled E-R-G-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː].
What does "Ergotherapie" mean?
As a noun, "Ergotherapie" means: Therapieform, die sich mit der Ausführung konkreter Betätigungen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und seiner Umwelt befasst
How do you pronounce "Ergotherapie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ergotherapie" is [ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ergotherapie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list