erklommen
[ɛɐ̯ˈklɔmən]
The verdict
“erklommen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,285 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,285
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erklimmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erklommen · erklommen · German
erklommen · rank #55,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,285
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH erhältliche
Nearest frequency peer: erhältliche (-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 “erklommen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erbärmlicher
erbärmlicher
44,719 corpus weight
- Erfolgschan…
Erfolgschancen
44,718 corpus weight
- erhältliche
erhältliche
44,717 corpus weight
- erklommen
erklommen
44,716 corpus weight
- Erkundungen
Erkundungen
44,715 corpus weight
- erlassene
erlassene
44,714 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erklommen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erklommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈklɔmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erklommen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
erklommen is uncommon German at frequency #55,285 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈklɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erklimmen".
erklommen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is erklommen, spelled E-R-K-L-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erklimmen
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 "erklommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.