Erkältungen
[ɛɐ̯ˈkɛltʊŋən]
The verdict
“Erkältungen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,358
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Erkältung
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 | Erkältungen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛltʊŋən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erkältungen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Erkältungen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛltʊŋən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,358 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erkältungen, with forms such as "ekrältungen", "erkkältungen", and "erklätungen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Erwartungen", "Erkältung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Erkältungen, spelled E-R-K-Ä-L-T-U-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Erkältung
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Erkältung
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Erkältung
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Erkältung
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrältungen
- erkkältungen
- erklätungen
- erkälltungen
- erkältnugen
- erkälttungen
- erkältugnen
- erkältunegn
- erkältungenn
- erkältunggen
- erkältungne
- erkältunngen
- erkälutngen
- erkätlungen
- errkältungen
- eräkltungen
- rekältungen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erkältungen - 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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Using “Erkältungen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-K-Ä-L-T-U-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛltʊŋən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Erwartungen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Erkältungen vs Erwartungen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.