erhellend
[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛlənt]
The verdict
“erhellend” is uncommon German (frequency #68,191 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,191
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs erhellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erhellend · erhellend · German
erhellend · rank #68,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,191
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erdmännchen
Nearest frequency peer: Erdmännchen (-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 „erhellend“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Enzyklika
Enzyklika
31,813 corpus weight
- erbarme
erbarme
31,812 corpus weight
- Erdmännchen
Erdmännchen
31,811 corpus weight
- erhellend
erhellend
31,810 corpus weight
- ernstgemein…
ernstgemeinte
31,809 corpus weight
- erpicht
erpicht
31,808 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erhellend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erhellend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛlənt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erhellend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erhellend is uncommon German at frequency #68,191 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛlənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs erhellen".
erhellend has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 erhellend, spelled E-R-H-E-L-L-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs erhellen
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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