Ermangelung
[ɛɐ̯ˈmaŋəlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ermangelung” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,720
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nur in der Wendung in Ermangelung, siehe dort
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ermangelung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈmaŋəlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #38,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ermangelung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Ermangelung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈmaŋəlʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,720 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nur in der Wendung in Ermangelung, siehe dort".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ermangelung, with forms such as "emrangelung", "eramngelung", and "ermagnelung". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ermangelung, spelled E-R-M-A-N-G-E-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1nur in der Wendung in Ermangelung, siehe dort
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emrangelung
- eramngelung
- ermagnelung
- ermaneglung
- ermangellung
- ermangelnug
- ermangelugn
- ermangelungg
- ermangelunng
- ermangeulng
- ermanggelung
- ermangleung
- ermanngelung
- ermmangelung
- ermnagelung
- errmangelung
- remangelung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ermangelung - 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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Using “Ermangelung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-M-A-N-G-E-L-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈmaŋəlʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.