Erkenntnisgewinn
[ɛɐ̯ˈkɛntnɪsɡəˌvɪn]
The verdict
“Erkenntnisgewinn” is uncommon German (frequency #61,473 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,473
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Erlangung neuer Kenntnisse/neuen Wissens
Corpus desk
Index DE-erkenntnisgewinn · Erkenntnisgewinn · German
Erkenntnisgewinn · rank #61,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,473
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH erstklassiges
Nearest frequency peer: erstklassiges (+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 “Erkenntnisgewinn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erfrischend…
erfrischenden
38,531 corpus weight
- Erheiterung
Erheiterung
38,530 corpus weight
- Erkenntnisg…
Erkenntnisgewinn
38,528 corpus weight
- erstklassig…
erstklassiges
38,527 corpus weight
- erweise
erweise
38,526 corpus weight
- exakter
exakter
38,524 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Erkenntnisgewinn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erkenntnisgewinn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛntnɪsɡəˌvɪn] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #61,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erkenntnisgewinn” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Erkenntnisgewinn is uncommon German at frequency #61,473 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛntnɪsɡəˌvɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erlangung neuer Kenntnisse/neuen Wissens".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Erkenntnisgewinn in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Erkenntnisgewinn, spelled E-R-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S-G-E-W-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Erlangung neuer Kenntnisse/neuen Wissens
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 "Erkenntnisgewinn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.