erkennbar
[ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“erkennbar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,267
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so deutlich, dass man weiß, was man vor seinen Augen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-erkennbar · erkennbar · German
erkennbar · rank #4,267 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,267
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erfurt
Nearest frequency peer: Erfurt (-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 “erkennbar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Empfang
Empfang
95,737 corpus weight
- entsprechen
entsprechen
95,736 corpus weight
- Erfurt
Erfurt
95,735 corpus weight
- erkennbar
erkennbar
95,734 corpus weight
- erstellen
erstellen
95,733 corpus weight
- Experte
Experte
95,732 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erkennbar” 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 | erkennbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “erkennbar” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erkennbar (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnbaːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,267 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "so deutlich, dass man weiß, was man vor seinen Augen hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erkennbar, with forms such as "ekrennbar", "ereknnbar", and "erkenbar". 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, "erkennbare", "erkennbaren", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erkennbar, spelled E-R-K-E-N-N-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1so deutlich, dass man weiß, was man vor seinen Augen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erkennbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Noniusgrenzwinkel ist der kleinste Sehwinkel, unter dem eine gegenseitige Versetzung von Objekten in einer frontoparallelen Ebene erkennbar wird.“
„Wer mit Sprache umzugehen versteht, bei Mathematik und Physik aber eher kein Talent hat, tut gut daran, den erkennbaren Intelligenz-Schwerpunkt mit seinen Interessen zusammenzubringen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrennbar
- ereknnbar
- erkenbar
- erkenbnar
- erkennabr
- erkennbarr
- erkennbbar
- erkennbra
- erkkennbar
- erknenbar
- errkennbar
- rekennbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erkennbar - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erkennbar", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "erkennbar". Here's where to go from here.
- "erkennbar" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "erkennbare". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,267 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.