erledigen
[ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“erledigen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,078 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,078
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas fertig machen; zu Ende bringen; eine Arbeit tun, die noch aussteht
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 | erledigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erledigen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for erledigen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,078 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for erledigen, with forms such as "elredigen", "ereldigen", and "erldeigen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "erlegen", "erledigt", "erleiden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erledigen, spelled E-R-L-E-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas fertig machen; zu Ende bringen; eine Arbeit tun, die noch aussteht
- 2gegen jemanden so vorgehen, dass er dadurch Macht und Einfluss verliert oder wehrlos wird
- 3jemanden umbringen
- 4nicht mehr der Vollendung bedürfen; ohne Zutun fertig werden
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elredigen,ereldigen,erldeigen,erleddigen,erledgien,erlediegn,erledigenn,erlediggen,erledigne,erleidgen,erlledigen,errledigen,reledigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erledigen - 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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Using “erledigen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-L-E-D-I-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erlegen” - see the side-by-side comparison. erledigen vs erlegen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.