erkrankter

[ɛɐ̯ˈkʁaŋktɐ]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈkʁaŋktɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“erkrankter” is uncommon German (frequency #56,104 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,104
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt

Corpus desk

Index DE-erkrankter · erkrankter · German

erkrankter · rank #56,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,104
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erfreue

Nearest frequency peer: erfreue (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „erkrankter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erkrankter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erkrankter
PropertyValue
Headworderkrankter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈkʁaŋktɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erkrankter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).erkrankterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erfreue“ (#56,103), „Erfolgsmodell“ (#56,102), „erstgeborenen“ (#56,106). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erkrankter“ bei #56,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erkrankter is uncommon German at frequency #56,104 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈkʁaŋktɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for erkrankter in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is erkrankter, spelled E-R-K-R-A-N-K-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erkrankter"?
"erkrankter" is spelled E-R-K-R-A-N-K-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈkʁaŋktɐ].
What does "erkrankter" mean?
As an adjective, "erkrankter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erkrankt
How do you pronounce "erkrankter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erkrankter" is [ɛɐ̯ˈkʁaŋktɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erkrankter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entzückend#56,098Fertighaus#56,116Fertigkeit#56,117Einzelkind#56,079

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list