Ermüdung
[ɛɐ̯ˈmyːdʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ermüdung” is uncommon German (frequency #55,290 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,290
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Folgen körperlicher Anstrengung
Corpus desk
Index DE-ermudung · Ermüdung · German
Ermüdung · rank #55,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,290
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH ermögliche
Nearest frequency peer: ermögliche (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ermüdung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erlassene
erlassene
44,714 corpus weight
- erleuchtete
erleuchtete
44,713 corpus weight
- ermögliche
ermögliche
44,712 corpus weight
- Ermüdung
Ermüdung
44,711 corpus weight
- erschrecken…
erschreckender
44,710 corpus weight
- ersteigern
ersteigern
44,709 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ermüdung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ermüdung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈmyːdʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ermüdung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ermüdung is uncommon German at frequency #55,290 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈmyːdʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ermüdung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ermüdung, spelled E-R-M-Ü-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Folgen körperlicher Anstrengung
- 2gefühltes Bedürfnis nach Schlaf
- 3durch wechselnde Belastung entstandene Schwächung der Struktur eines Materials
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "Ermüdung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.