erlernen
[ɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]
The verdict
“erlernen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,645
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas begreifen und üben (lernen), meist über längere Zeit hinweg und mit dem Ziel, es zu können/beherrschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erlernen · erlernen · German
erlernen · rank #10,645 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,645
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH entsetzt
Nearest frequency peer: entsetzt (-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 „erlernen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ente
Ente
89,359 corpus weight
- entfalten
entfalten
89,358 corpus weight
- entsetzt
entsetzt
89,357 corpus weight
- erlernen
erlernen
89,356 corpus weight
- Ernste
Ernste
89,355 corpus weight
- Ernstes
Ernstes
89,354 corpus weight
What this shows „erlernen“ 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 | erlernen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erlernen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erlernen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,645 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas begreifen und üben (lernen), meist über längere Zeit hinweg und mit dem Ziel, es zu können/beherrschen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erlernen, with forms such as "elrernen", "erelrnen", and "erlenren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "erlernt", "erwerben", "externen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is erlernen, spelled E-R-L-E-R-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas begreifen und üben (lernen), meist über längere Zeit hinweg und mit dem Ziel, es zu können/beherrschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erlernen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man kann, weil Finnisch eine finnougrische Sprache ist, mithin keiner zivilisierten Sprachgruppe angehört, nicht auf andere Sprachen zurückgreifen, um es zu erlernen.“
„Ziel ist es, Techniken zu erlernen, mit denen die Gelenke durch die kräftigen Muskeln entlastet werden.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elrernen
- erelrnen
- erlenren
- erlerenn
- erlernenn
- erlernne
- erlernnen
- erlerrnen
- erllernen
- erlrenen
- errlernen
- relernen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erlernen - 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 "erlernen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).