Erhaltung
[ɛɐ̯ˈhaltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erhaltung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,039. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,039
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sicherung des weiteren Fortbestehens
Corpus desk
Index DE-erhaltung · Erhaltung · German
Erhaltung · rank #7,039 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,039
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfolgreicher
Nearest frequency peer: erfolgreicher (-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 „Erhaltung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Einkauf
Einkauf
92,965 corpus weight
- einsteigen
einsteigen
92,964 corpus weight
- erfolgreich…
erfolgreicher
92,963 corpus weight
- Erhaltung
Erhaltung
92,962 corpus weight
- erlebte
erlebte
92,961 corpus weight
- Favoriten
Favoriten
92,959 corpus weight
What this shows „Erhaltung“ 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 | Erhaltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhaltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erhaltung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Erhaltung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈhaltʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,039 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erhaltung, with forms such as "ehraltung", "erahltung", and "erhalltung". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Erholung", "Erwartung", "Erkältung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Erhaltung, spelled E-R-H-A-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Sicherung des weiteren Fortbestehens
- 2Ernährung, Versorgung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erhaltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erhaltung des Regenwaldes ist für viele Tierarten wichtig.
„In den Jahren zwischen 1816 und 1828 kamen Instandhaltungsmaßnahmen nicht in Gang, zum einen aufgrund des Widerstandes des Domänenpächters und zum anderen, weil diese Erhaltungen aus verschiedenen staatlichen Fonds hätten bezahlt werden müssen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehraltung
- erahltung
- erhalltung
- erhaltnug
- erhalttung
- erhaltugn
- erhaltungg
- erhaltunng
- erhalutng
- erhatlung
- erhhaltung
- erhlatung
- errhaltung
- rehaltung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erhaltung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Erhaltung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).