erhaben
[ˌɛɐ̯ˈhaːbn̩]
The verdict
“erhaben” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,276
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (als Mensch) darüberstehend, unangreifbar; andere weit übertreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-erhaben · erhaben · German
erhaben · rank #27,276 · 10 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,276
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfreute
Nearest frequency peer: erfreute (-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 „erhaben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entschuldig…
entschuldigte
72,728 corpus weight
- entzückt
entzückt
72,727 corpus weight
- erfreute
erfreute
72,726 corpus weight
- erhaben
erhaben
72,725 corpus weight
- Erlangung
Erlangung
72,724 corpus weight
- Ernsthaftig…
Ernsthaftigkeit
72,723 corpus weight
What this shows „erhaben“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | erhaben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌɛɐ̯ˈhaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erhaben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around erhaben (IPA [ˌɛɐ̯ˈhaːbn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,276 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for erhaben, with forms such as "ehraben", "erahben", and "erhabben". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "erhebe", "erleben", "erhöhen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erhaben, spelled E-R-H-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1(als Mensch) darüberstehend, unangreifbar; andere weit übertreffend
- 2aus der Fläche nach oben gewölbt
- 3voller großer und feierlicher Gefühle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erhaben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Fürstin war über jeden Vorwurf erhaben, nichts konnte mehr ihre Pläne durchkreuzen.
„Jakob und ich bestaunen die erhabene Erscheinung dieser Troika wie kleine Jungs den Auftritt eines Weihnachtsmanns samt Rentieren.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehraben
- erahben
- erhabben
- erhabenn
- erhabne
- erhaebn
- erhbaen
- erhhaben
- errhaben
- rehaben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erhaben - 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 "erhaben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).