erleichtern
[ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐn]
The verdict
“erleichtern” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,462
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - etwas leichter machen, für weniger Gewicht sorgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erleichtern · erleichtern · German
erleichtern · rank #7,462 · 17 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,462
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erholung
Nearest frequency peer: Erholung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “erleichtern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- eintreten
eintreten
92,542 corpus weight
- entworfen
entworfen
92,541 corpus weight
- Erholung
Erholung
92,540 corpus weight
- erleichtern
erleichtern
92,539 corpus weight
- erstaunt
erstaunt
92,538 corpus weight
- Erwin
Erwin
92,537 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erleichtern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | erleichtern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erleichtern” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around erleichtern (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,462 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for erleichtern, with forms such as "elreichtern", "erelichtern", and "erlecihtern". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "erreichten", "erleuchten", "erleichtert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erleichtern, spelled E-R-L-E-I-C-H-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas leichter machen, für weniger Gewicht sorgen
- 2bei jemandem psychischen Druck verringern oder beseitigen
- 3seine Notdurft verrichten
- 4etwas einfacher oder bequemer machen
- 5wegnehmen (beispielsweise Geld, Vermögen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erleichtern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen unser Gepäck erleichtern.
Auch die neuesten Nachrichten erleichterten uns nicht.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elreichtern
- erelichtern
- erlecihtern
- erleicchtern
- erleichetrn
- erleichhtern
- erleichtenr
- erleichternn
- erleichterrn
- erleichtren
- erleichttern
- erleicthern
- erleihctern
- erliechtern
- erlleichtern
- errleichtern
- releichtern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erleichtern - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erleichtern", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.