erhängen
[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋən]
The verdict
“erhängen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,846
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden/sich töten, indem man ihn/sich mit einer Schlinge um den Hals aufhängt
Corpus desk
Index DE-erhangen · erhängen · German
erhängen · rank #43,846 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,846
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH erhaltenes
Nearest frequency peer: erhaltenes (-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 “erhängen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erhabene
erhabene
56,157 corpus weight
- erhaltenes
erhaltenes
56,156 corpus weight
- erhängen
erhängen
56,155 corpus weight
- ernstzunehm…
ernstzunehmende
56,154 corpus weight
- Eroberungen
Eroberungen
56,153 corpus weight
- erschwerte
erschwerte
56,152 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erhängen” 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 | erhängen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erhängen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erhängen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,846 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemanden/sich töten, indem man ihn/sich mit einer Schlinge um den Hals aufhängt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erhängen, with forms such as "ehrängen", "erhhängen", and "erhnägen". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "erwägen", "erhängt", "erlangen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 erhängen, spelled E-R-H-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden/sich töten, indem man ihn/sich mit einer Schlinge um den Hals aufhängt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrängen
- erhhängen
- erhnägen
- erhägnen
- erhänegn
- erhängenn
- erhänggen
- erhängne
- erhänngen
- errhängen
- erähngen
- rehängen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erhängen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erhängen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.