eri
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The verdict
“eri” is uncommon German (frequency #76,727 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,727
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs essere
Corpus desk
Index DE-eri · eri · German
eri · rank #76,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,727
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ergiebige
Nearest frequency peer: ergiebige (-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 „eri“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erblickten
erblickten
23,277 corpus weight
- ergangenen
ergangenen
23,276 corpus weight
- ergiebige
ergiebige
23,275 corpus weight
- eri
eri
23,274 corpus weight
- erlebtes
erlebtes
23,273 corpus weight
- ernstzunehm…
ernstzunehmenden
23,272 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „eri“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eri |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #76,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „eri“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
eri is uncommon German at frequency #76,727 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs essere".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for eri, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is eri, spelled E-R-I.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs essere
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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