erklär
[ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“erklär” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,077
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erklären
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 | erklär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erklär” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around erklär (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,077 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erklären".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for erklär, with forms such as "ekrlär", "erkklär", and "erkllär". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "erlag", "erklärt", "erkläre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 erklär, spelled E-R-K-L-Ä-R.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erklären
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekrlär
- erkklär
- erkllär
- erklrä
- erklärr
- erkälr
- erlkär
- errklär
- reklär
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erklär - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “erklär”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-K-L-Ä-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erlag” - see the side-by-side comparison. erklär vs erlag
- 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.