Erosion

/[eʁoˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,391

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Erosion is aGermannoun. It means: zerstörerischer Prozess, bei dem die Oberfläche von etwas (beispielsweise Böden, Steinen, …) langsam und stetig durch ein Medium (beispielsweise Wasser, Eis, Gletscher, Sand in Verbindung mit Wind)... Pronounced [eʁoˈzi̯oːn].

Key facts for Erosion
PropertyValue
HeadwordErosion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eʁoˈzi̯oːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,391
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Erosion in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Erosion is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eʁoˈzi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,391 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Erosion, with forms such as "eorsion", "eroison", and "erosino". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Erosion, spelled E-R-O-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zerstörerischer Prozess, bei dem die Oberfläche von etwas (beispielsweise Böden, Steinen, …) langsam und stetig durch ein Medium (beispielsweise Wasser, Eis, Gletscher, Sand in Verbindung mit Wind) abgetragen wird
  2. 2
    zerstörerischer Prozess, bei dem die Oberfläche von Zähnen, der Zahnschmelz, angegriffen wird durch Säuren in Lebensmitteln, wie sie beispielsweise in Apfelsaft enthalten ist
  3. 3
    Haut- oder Schleimhautveränderung, bei der die Oberhaut, das Epithel, verlorengeht
  4. 4
    Verschleiß von metallischen Oberflächen durch Abrieb, Oxidation etc., häufig in technischen Geräten, beispielsweise Wälzlagern oder in Pumpen
  5. 5
    die langsame Verringerung von etwas Abstraktem (beispielsweise Akzeptanz, Vertrauen, Wähleranteil einer Partei etc.) durch einen fortschreitenden Prozess

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eorsion,eroison,erosino,erosionn,erosoin,erossion,errosion,ersoion,reosion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Erosion

Misspelling Variants of "Erosion"

eorsion7eroison7erosino7erosionn8erosoin7erossion8errosion8ersoion7
Misspelling Variants of "Erosion"

Frequency rank: #26,391 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Erosion"?
"Erosion" is spelled E-R-O-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eʁoˈzi̯oːn].
What does "Erosion" mean?
As a noun, "Erosion" means: zerstörerischer Prozess, bei dem die Oberfläche von etwas (beispielsweise Böden, Steinen, …) langsam und stetig durch ein Medium (beispielsweise Wasser, Eis, Gletscher, Sand in Verbindung mit Wind)...
What are common misspellings of "Erosion"?
Common misspellings include "eorsion", "eroison", "erosino", "erosionn", "erosoin". The correct spelling is "Erosion".
How do you pronounce "Erosion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erosion" is [eʁoˈzi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erosion" come from?
"Erosion" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.