Erhitzung
[ɛɐ̯ˈhɪt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erhitzung” is uncommon German (frequency #73,445 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,445
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Vorgang, bei dem die Temperatur von etwas gesteigert (erhöht) wird, meist über 80 °C
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erhitzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhɪt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erhitzung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Erhitzung is uncommon German at frequency #73,445 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhɪt͡sʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Vorgang, bei dem die Temperatur von etwas gesteigert (erhöht) wird, meist über 80 °C".
No misspelling variants are generated for Erhitzung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Erhitzung, spelled E-R-H-I-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1der Vorgang, bei dem die Temperatur von etwas gesteigert (erhöht) wird, meist über 80 °C
This word in other languages
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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Using “Erhitzung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-H-I-T-Z-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.