Erinnerung
[ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erinnerung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,877
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Fähigkeit, Vergangenes im Gedächtnis zu behalten; die Summe aller Erinnerungen [2] eines Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erinnerung · Erinnerung · German
Erinnerung · rank #1,877 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,877
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entsprechenden
Nearest frequency peer: entsprechenden (-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 „Erinnerung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- durchgeführt
durchgeführt
98,127 corpus weight
- Ebene
Ebene
98,126 corpus weight
- entsprechen…
entsprechenden
98,125 corpus weight
- Erinnerung
Erinnerung
98,124 corpus weight
- erleben
erleben
98,123 corpus weight
- erlebt
erlebt
98,122 corpus weight
What this shows „Erinnerung“ 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 | Erinnerung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erinnerung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Erinnerung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɪnəʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,877 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erinnerung, with forms such as "eirnnerung", "erinenrung", and "erinerung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Erinnerungen", "erinnern", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Erinnerung, spelled E-R-I-N-N-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1die Fähigkeit, Vergangenes im Gedächtnis zu behalten; die Summe aller Erinnerungen [2] eines Menschen
- 2ein bestimmter Gedanke, der durch die Fähigkeit [1] verblieben ist
- 3die Erinnerung [2] an ein bestimmtes Ereignis oder eine bestimmte Person; oft in Form eines Denkmals oder Ähnlichem manifestiert
- 4ein Text oder Zeichen mit dem Zweck, die Erinnerung [1] wieder aufzufrischen
- 5ohne Plural ein Rechtsbehelf, der innerhalb derselben Instanz zu einer gerichtlichen Überprüfung einer Maßnahme führt, die ein Gerichtsbeamter oder ein ersuchter oder beauftragter Richter getroffen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erinnerung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Vater wird langsam alt, seine Erinnerung lässt ihn immer öfter im Stich.
„Er hielt die Erinnerung für die lebenerhaltende Kraft der Menschen und Planeten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eirnnerung
- erinenrung
- erinerung
- erinnernug
- erinnerrung
- erinnerugn
- erinnerungg
- erinnerunng
- erinneurng
- erinnreung
- erninerung
- errinnerung
- reinnerung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erinnerung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).