Ergotherapie
[ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː]
The verdict
“Ergotherapie” is uncommon German (frequency #59,605 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,605
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Therapieform, die sich mit der Ausführung konkreter Betätigungen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und seiner Umwelt befasst
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ergotherapie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ergotherapie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ergotherapie is uncommon German at frequency #59,605 among 57,060 “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
- 1Therapieform, die sich mit der Ausführung konkreter Betätigungen und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und seiner Umwelt befasst
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.
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Using “Ergotherapie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-G-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɛʁɡoteʁaˌpiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.