erhielten

/[ɛɐ̯ˈhiːltn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,955

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

erhielten is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erhalten Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈhiːltn̩]. It ranks #3,955 in German word frequency. Often confused with erzielte and erzielen.

Key facts for erhielten
PropertyValue
Headworderhielten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈhiːltn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,955
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erhielten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erhielten is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈhiːltn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,955 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for erhielten, with forms such as "ehrielten", "erheilten", and "erhhielten". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "erzielte", "erzielen", "erzielten", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erhielten, spelled E-R-H-I-E-L-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erhalten
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erhalten
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erhalten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erhalten

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehrielten,erheilten,erhhielten,erhieletn,erhiellten,erhieltenn,erhieltne,erhieltten,erhietlen,erhileten,erihelten,errhielten,rehielten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erhielten

Misspelling Variants of "erhielten"

ehrielten9erheilten9erhhielten10erhieletn9erhiellten10erhieltenn10erhieltne9erhieltten10
Misspelling Variants of "erhielten"

Frequency rank: #3,955 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erhielten"?
"erhielten" is spelled E-R-H-I-E-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈhiːltn̩].
What does "erhielten" mean?
As a verb, "erhielten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erhalten
What words are commonly confused with "erhielten"?
"erhielten" is commonly confused with "erzielte", "erzielen", "erzielten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erhielten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erhielten" is [ɛɐ̯ˈhiːltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erhielten" come from?
"erhielten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.