Erkundungen
[ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndʊŋən]
The verdict
“Erkundungen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,286 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,286
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Erkundung
Corpus desk
Index DE-erkundungen · Erkundungen · German
Erkundungen · rank #55,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,286
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH erklommen
Nearest frequency peer: erklommen (-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 “Erkundungen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- erleuchtete
erleuchtete
44,713 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Erkundungen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erkundungen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndʊŋən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erkundungen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Erkundungen is uncommon German at frequency #55,286 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndʊŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Erkundungen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Erkundungen, spelled E-R-K-U-N-D-U-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Erkundung
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Erkundung
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Erkundung
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Erkundung
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erkundungen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 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.