erkämpfen
[ɛɐ̯ˈkɛmp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“erkämpfen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,535
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch Anstrengung gewinnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erkampfen · erkämpfen · German
erkämpfen · rank #30,535 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,535
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH erhöhe
Nearest frequency peer: erhöhe (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “erkämpfen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- episch
episch
69,469 corpus weight
- Erbin
Erbin
69,468 corpus weight
- erhöhe
erhöhe
69,467 corpus weight
- erkämpfen
erkämpfen
69,466 corpus weight
- erkämpfte
erkämpfte
69,465 corpus weight
- erlegt
erlegt
69,464 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erkämpfen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | erkämpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛmp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erkämpfen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around erkämpfen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛmp͡fn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,535 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "durch Anstrengung gewinnen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for erkämpfen, with forms such as "ekrämpfen", "erkkämpfen", and "erkmäpfen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "erkämpft", "erkaufen", "erkämpfte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erkämpfen, spelled E-R-K-Ä-M-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Anstrengung gewinnen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrämpfen
- erkkämpfen
- erkmäpfen
- erkämfpen
- erkämmpfen
- erkämpefn
- erkämpfenn
- erkämpffen
- erkämpfne
- erkämppfen
- erkäpmfen
- errkämpfen
- eräkmpfen
- rekämpfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erkämpfen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erkämpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.