Erkrath
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The verdict
“Erkrath” is uncommon German (frequency #52,064 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,064
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-erkrath · Erkrath · German
Erkrath · rank #52,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,064
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erforschte
Nearest frequency peer: erforschte (-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 „Erkrath“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- entnehme
entnehme
47,941 corpus weight
- entnervt
entnervt
47,940 corpus weight
- erforschte
erforschte
47,938 corpus weight
- Erkrath
Erkrath
47,937 corpus weight
- erprobten
erprobten
47,935 corpus weight
- ersetzbar
ersetzbar
47,934 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erkrath“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erkrath |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erkrath“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erkrath is uncommon German at frequency #52,064 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Erkrath, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Erkrath, spelled E-R-K-R-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Erkrath appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erkrath liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
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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