Erleichterung
[ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erleichterung” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,536
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verringerung von Gewicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-erleichterung · Erleichterung · German
Erleichterung · rank #9,536 · 20 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,536
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erfinden
Nearest frequency peer: erfinden (-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 „Erleichterung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entschuldige
entschuldige
90,468 corpus weight
- entstandene
entstandene
90,467 corpus weight
- erfinden
erfinden
90,466 corpus weight
- Erleichteru…
Erleichterung
90,465 corpus weight
- erschienenen
erschienenen
90,464 corpus weight
- erschreckend
erschreckend
90,463 corpus weight
What this shows „Erleichterung“ 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 | Erleichterung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #9,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erleichterung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Erleichterung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtəʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,536 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erleichterung, with forms such as "elreichterung", "erelichterung", and "erlecihterung". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Erleichterungen", "erleichtern", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Erleichterung, spelled E-R-L-E-I-C-H-T-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verringerung von Gewicht
- 2Verringerung von psychischem Druck
- 3Verringerung von Aufwand, Kosten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erleichterung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erleichterung des Gepäcks war dringend nötig.
Ihnen war die Erleichterung gut anzumerken.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elreichterung
- erelichterung
- erlecihterung
- erleicchterung
- erleichetrung
- erleichhterung
- erleichternug
- erleichterrung
- erleichterugn
- erleichterungg
- erleichterunng
- erleichteurng
- erleichtreung
- erleichtterung
- erleictherung
- erleihcterung
- erliechterung
- erlleichterung
- errleichterung
- releichterung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erleichterung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Erleichterung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).