Erholung
[ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erholung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,461
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derjenige Vorgang, bei dem sich ein biologischer Organismus nach einer anstrengenden Tätigkeit, aber auch nach Verletzungen oder Krankheiten durch eine Ruhephase wieder regeneriert und Kräfte sammelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-erholung · Erholung · German
Erholung · rank #7,461 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,461
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entworfen
Nearest frequency peer: entworfen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Erholung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- einsam
einsam
92,543 corpus weight
- eintreten
eintreten
92,542 corpus weight
- entworfen
entworfen
92,541 corpus weight
- Erholung
Erholung
92,540 corpus weight
- erleichtern
erleichtern
92,539 corpus weight
- erstaunt
erstaunt
92,538 corpus weight
What this shows „Erholung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Erholung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erholung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Erholung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,461 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erholung, with forms such as "ehrolung", "erhholung", and "erhloung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Erlösung", "erholen", "Erhöhung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Erholung, spelled E-R-H-O-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1derjenige Vorgang, bei dem sich ein biologischer Organismus nach einer anstrengenden Tätigkeit, aber auch nach Verletzungen oder Krankheiten durch eine Ruhephase wieder regeneriert und Kräfte sammelt
- 2Zurückbewegung auf einen positiven Zustand hin
- 3Kristallerholung, Bestreben eines kaltverformten Werkstoffs, sich seinem Gleichgewichtszustand anzunähern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erholung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach diesen Anstrengungen bedurften wir dringend einer längeren Erholung.
Wollen wir zur Erholung über das Wochenende wegfahren?
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrolung
- erhholung
- erhloung
- erhollung
- erholnug
- erholugn
- erholungg
- erholunng
- erhoulng
- erohlung
- errholung
- reholung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erholung - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).