erliegen
[ɛɐ̯ˈliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“erliegen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,235
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an etwas sterben
Corpus desk
Index DE-erliegen · erliegen · German
erliegen · rank #20,235 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,235
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erlebnissen
Nearest frequency peer: Erlebnissen (-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 „erliegen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Entfernungen
Entfernungen
79,769 corpus weight
- entlarvt
entlarvt
79,768 corpus weight
- Erlebnissen
Erlebnissen
79,767 corpus weight
- erliegen
erliegen
79,766 corpus weight
- Erregung
Erregung
79,765 corpus weight
- ertappt
ertappt
79,764 corpus weight
What this shows „erliegen“ 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 | erliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erliegen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around erliegen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈliːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,235 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for erliegen, with forms such as "elriegen", "erilegen", and "erleigen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "erregen", "erliegt", "erzielen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erliegen, spelled E-R-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1an etwas sterben
- 2etwas oder jemandem nicht widerstehen können, von etwas/jemandem überwältigt werden
- 3hinterlegt sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Müller erwarb sich hohe Verdienste um den Wiederaufbau des Seminarbetriebs nach 1945 und hat in der Lehrtätigkeit, solange die Lehrkanzel nach Kriegsende unbesetzt war, überdurchschnittliche Leistungen erbracht; den sich selbst zugemuteten Anstrengungen ist er erlegen.“
„Tja, die Klamotten konnte ich auf keinen Fall so liegen lassen, denn es konnte ja durchaus sein, das Prinz Alessandro am Abend meinen weiblichen Reizen erlag und mir willenlos ins Schloss folgte.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elriegen
- erilegen
- erleigen
- erlieegn
- erliegenn
- erlieggen
- erliegne
- erligeen
- erlliegen
- errliegen
- reliegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erliegen - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erliegen", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).