erleichtert

/[ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐt]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,876

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

erleichtert is anGermanadj. It means: ein Gefühl der Erleichterung verspürend Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐt]. It ranks #4,876 in German word frequency. Often confused with erleuchtet and erleichterte.

Key facts for erleichtert
PropertyValue
Headworderleichtert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,876
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erleichtert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erleichtert is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐt]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,876 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Gefühl der Erleichterung verspürend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for erleichtert, with forms such as "elreichtert", "erelichtert", and "erlecihtert". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "erleuchtet", "erleichterte", "erleichtern", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erleichtert, spelled E-R-L-E-I-C-H-T-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gefühl der Erleichterung verspürend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elreichtert,erelichtert,erlecihtert,erleicchtert,erleichetrt,erleichhtert,erleichterrt,erleichtertt,erleichtetr,erleichtret,erleichttert,erleicthert,erleihctert,erliechtert,erlleichtert,errleichtert,releichtert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erleichtert

Misspelling Variants of "erleichtert"

elreichtert11erelichtert11erlecihtert11erleicchtert12erleichetrt11erleichhtert12erleichterrt12erleichtertt12
Misspelling Variants of "erleichtert"

Frequency rank: #4,876 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erleichtert"?
"erleichtert" is spelled E-R-L-E-I-C-H-T-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐt].
What does "erleichtert" mean?
As an adj, "erleichtert" means: ein Gefühl der Erleichterung verspürend
What words are commonly confused with "erleichtert"?
"erleichtert" is commonly confused with "erleuchtet", "erleichterte", "erleichtern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erleichtert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erleichtert" is [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erleichtert" come from?
"erleichtert" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.