Erläuterung
[ɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯təʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erläuterung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,875
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erklärung (von Zusammenhängen, Sachverhalten)
Corpus desk
Index DE-erlauterung · Erläuterung · German
Erläuterung · rank #18,875 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,875
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erkannten
Nearest frequency peer: erkannten (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Erläuterung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Erdboden
Erdboden
81,129 corpus weight
- erkannten
erkannten
81,127 corpus weight
- Erläuterung
Erläuterung
81,126 corpus weight
- ermittelten
ermittelten
81,125 corpus weight
- Ernstfall
Ernstfall
81,124 corpus weight
- Erzeugnisse
Erzeugnisse
81,123 corpus weight
What this shows „Erläuterung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erläuterung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯təʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #18,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erläuterung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Erläuterung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯təʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,875 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erläuterung, with forms such as "elräuterung", "erlläuterung", and "erluäterung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Erläuterungen", "erläutern", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Erläuterung, spelled E-R-L-Ä-U-T-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Erklärung (von Zusammenhängen, Sachverhalten)
- 2ein Rechtsbehelf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erläuterung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erläuterungen des Vortragenden waren viel zu umständlich.
„Nach dieser Erläuterung erzählte der Mönch die Geschichte der Bank zu Ende, denn die Griechen hatten es nicht bei ihrem Mißtrauen belassen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elräuterung
- erlläuterung
- erluäterung
- erlätuerung
- erläuetrung
- erläuternug
- erläuterrung
- erläuterugn
- erläuterungg
- erläuterunng
- erläuteurng
- erläutreung
- erläutterung
- errläuterung
- eräluterung
- reläuterung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erläuterung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Erläuterung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).