erhöht
[ɛɐ̯ˈhøːt]
The verdict
“erhöht” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,145 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,145
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - über einem bestimmten Niveau/Wert befindlich
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 | erhöht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erhöht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for erhöht is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,145 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "über einem bestimmten Niveau/Wert befindlich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for erhöht, with forms such as "ehröht", "erhhöht", and "erhhöt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "erholt", "erlöst", "ertönt", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erhöht, spelled E-R-H-Ö-H-T.
Definition
- 1über einem bestimmten Niveau/Wert befindlich
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehröht,erhhöht,erhhöt,erhöhht,erhöhtt,erhöth,errhöht,eröhht,rehöht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erhöht - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “erhöht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-H-Ö-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erholt” - see the side-by-side comparison. erhöht vs erholt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.