erlaubst
[ɛɐ̯ˈlaʊ̯pst]
The verdict
“erlaubst” is uncommon German (frequency #77,921 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,921
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erlauben
Corpus desk
Index DE-erlaubst · erlaubst · German
erlaubst · rank #77,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,921
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erklärungsver…
Nearest frequency peer: Erklärungsversuche (-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 „erlaubst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erhitzte
erhitzte
22,083 corpus weight
- erkennbarer
erkennbarer
22,082 corpus weight
- Erklärungsv…
Erklärungsversuche
22,081 corpus weight
- erlaubst
erlaubst
22,080 corpus weight
- erlesene
erlesene
22,079 corpus weight
- erlöste
erlöste
22,077 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erlaubst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erlaubst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈlaʊ̯pst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erlaubst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erlaubst is uncommon German at frequency #77,921 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈlaʊ̯pst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erlauben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erlaubst, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erlaubst, spelled E-R-L-A-U-B-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erlauben
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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