erlegte

[ɛɐ̯ˈleːktə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈleːktə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erlegte” is uncommon German (frequency #75,590 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,590
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-erlegte · erlegte · German

erlegte · rank #75,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,590
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erklangen

Nearest frequency peer: erklangen (-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 „erlegte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erlegte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erlegte
PropertyValue
Headworderlegte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈleːktə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erlegte“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.erlegtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erklangen“ (#75,589), „ernährte“ (#75,592), „ergötzen“ (#75,587). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erlegte“ bei #75,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erlegte is uncommon German at frequency #75,590 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈleːktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for erlegte in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erlegte, spelled E-R-L-E-G-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erlegte"?
"erlegte" is spelled E-R-L-E-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈleːktə].
What does "erlegte" mean?
As an adjective, "erlegte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erlegt
How do you pronounce "erlegte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erlegte" is [ɛɐ̯ˈleːktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erlegte" come from?
"erlegte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erlegte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enormem#75,571ekliges#75,564Farmers#75,621Editors#75,553

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list