erholsam

[ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlzaːm]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlzaːm]/ adj

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The verdict

“erholsam” is uncommon German (frequency #60,534 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,534
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Kräfte sammeln dienend

Corpus desk

Index DE-erholsam · erholsam · German

erholsam · rank #60,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,534
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ergebende

Nearest frequency peer: ergebende (-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 „erholsam“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erholsam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erholsam
PropertyValue
Headworderholsam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlzaːm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,534
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erholsam“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).erholsamfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ergebende“ (#60,533), „erleichterten“ (#60,535), „erfüllende“ (#60,532). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erholsam“ bei #60,534. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erholsam is uncommon German at frequency #60,534 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Kräfte sammeln dienend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erholsam, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is erholsam, spelled E-R-H-O-L-S-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Kräfte sammeln dienend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how erholsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich wünsche dir erholsame Ferien.

Synonyms

erfrischendentspannend

This word in other languages

relaxing(English)reposado(Español)reposant(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erholsam"?
"erholsam" is spelled E-R-H-O-L-S-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlzaːm].
What does "erholsam" mean?
As an adjective, "erholsam" means: zum Kräfte sammeln dienend
How do you pronounce "erholsam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erholsam" is [ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlzaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erholsam" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erholsam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exzessiv#60,548Fettsack#60,560Eiablage#60,501Funkhaus#60,587

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list