Ernest
[ˈɛrnɛst]
The verdict
“Ernest” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,854
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname; Ernst
Corpus desk
Index DE-ernest · Ernest · German
Ernest · rank #26,854 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,854
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erforderte
Nearest frequency peer: erforderte (-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 „Ernest“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- entsprochen
entsprochen
73,150 corpus weight
- Erbach
Erbach
73,149 corpus weight
- erforderte
erforderte
73,148 corpus weight
- Ernest
Ernest
73,147 corpus weight
- erreichst
erreichst
73,146 corpus weight
- erwirken
erwirken
73,145 corpus weight
What this shows „Ernest“ 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 | Ernest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛrnɛst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ernest“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Ernest (IPA [ˈɛrnɛst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,854 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname; Ernst".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ernest, with forms such as "enrest", "erenst", and "ernesst". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "erst", "Ernst", "erneut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ernest, spelled E-R-N-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname; Ernst
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enrest
- erenst
- ernesst
- ernestt
- ernets
- ernnest
- errnest
- renest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ernest - 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 "Ernest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).