erklärlich
[ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“erklärlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verständlich, einleuchtend
Corpus desk
Index DE-erklarlich · erklärlich · German
erklärlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erklärlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erklärlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erklärlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːɐ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verständlich, einleuchtend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erklärlich, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is erklärlich, spelled E-R-K-L-Ä-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1verständlich, einleuchtend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erklärlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Unfall hat eine leicht erklärliche Ursache.
Für die Bundesregierung ist dieses Verhalten der EU-Kommission nicht erklärlich.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.