erlassen

/[ɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,909

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

erlassen is aGermanverb. It means: eine staatliche Anordnung treffen und verkünden Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]. It ranks #7,909 in German word frequency. Often confused with Erlösen and erlässt.

Key facts for erlassen
PropertyValue
Headworderlassen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,909
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erlassen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erlassen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,909 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for erlassen, with forms such as "elrassen", "eralssen", and "erlasen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Erlösen", "erlässt", "erlauben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erlassen, spelled E-R-L-A-S-S-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine staatliche Anordnung treffen und verkünden
  2. 2
    jemanden von einer Verpflichtung oder Schuld entbinden
  3. 3
    jemandem eine Strafe nachsehen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elrassen,eralssen,erlasen,erlasesn,erlassenn,erlassne,erlaßen,erllassen,erlsasen,errlassen,relassen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erlassen

Misspelling Variants of "erlassen"

elrassen8eralssen8erlasen7erlasesn8erlassenn9erlassne8erlaßen7erllassen9
Misspelling Variants of "erlassen"

Frequency rank: #7,909 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erlassen"?
"erlassen" is spelled E-R-L-A-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩].
What does "erlassen" mean?
As a verb, "erlassen" means: eine staatliche Anordnung treffen und verkünden
What words are commonly confused with "erlassen"?
"erlassen" is commonly confused with "Erlösen", "erlässt", "erlauben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erlassen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erlassen" is [ɛɐ̯ˈlasn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erlassen" come from?
"erlassen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.