Ermessen
[ɛɐ̯ˈmɛsn̩]
The verdict
“Ermessen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,409
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auswahl zwischen mehreren gleichermaßen rechtmäßigen Möglichkeiten bei einer behördlichen oder richterlichen Entscheidung (Verwaltungsakt, Urteil, Beschluss)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ermessen · Ermessen · German
Ermessen · rank #16,409 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,409
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erlaubten
Nearest frequency peer: erlaubten (-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 „Ermessen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Equipment
Equipment
83,595 corpus weight
- Erkennung
Erkennung
83,594 corpus weight
- erlaubten
erlaubten
83,593 corpus weight
- Ermessen
Ermessen
83,592 corpus weight
- ermordeten
ermordeten
83,591 corpus weight
- erstellte
erstellte
83,590 corpus weight
What this shows „Ermessen“ 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 | Ermessen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈmɛsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ermessen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Ermessen (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈmɛsn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,409 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ermessen, with forms such as "emressen", "eremssen", and "ermesen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "erweisen", "erpressen", "erfassen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ermessen, spelled E-R-M-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Auswahl zwischen mehreren gleichermaßen rechtmäßigen Möglichkeiten bei einer behördlichen oder richterlichen Entscheidung (Verwaltungsakt, Urteil, Beschluss)
- 2jemandes Einschätzung einer Lage; Erwägen mehrerer Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ermessen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ermessen liegt vor, wenn die Verwaltung bei Verwirklichung eines gesetzlichen Tatbestands zwischen verschiedenen Verhaltensweisen wählen kann.“
Die Behörde hat von ihrem Ermessen in fehlerhafter Weise Gebrauch gemacht.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emressen
- eremssen
- ermesen
- ermesesn
- ermessenn
- ermessne
- ermeßen
- ermmessen
- ermsesen
- errmessen
- remessen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ermessen - 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 "Ermessen", 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).