Erotik

/[eˈʁoːtɪk]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,911

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Erotik is aGermannoun. It means: physische und zugleich psychische Anziehungskraft zwischen Personen Pronounced [eˈʁoːtɪk]. It ranks #7,911 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Erotik
PropertyValue
HeadwordErotik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈʁoːtɪk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,911
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Erotik is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈʁoːtɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,911 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Erotik, with forms such as "eortik", "eroitk", and "erotikk". 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 Erotik, spelled E-R-O-T-I-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    physische und zugleich psychische Anziehungskraft zwischen Personen
  2. 2
    oft nur euphemistisch für: Sex, Sexualität

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eortik,eroitk,erotikk,erotki,erottik,errotik,ertoik,reotik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Erotik

Misspelling Variants of "Erotik"

eortik6eroitk6erotikk7erotki6erottik7errotik7ertoik6reotik6
Misspelling Variants of "Erotik"

Frequency rank: #7,911 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Erotik"?
"Erotik" is spelled E-R-O-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈʁoːtɪk].
What does "Erotik" mean?
As a noun, "Erotik" means: physische und zugleich psychische Anziehungskraft zwischen Personen
What are common misspellings of "Erotik"?
Common misspellings include "eortik", "eroitk", "erotikk", "erotki", "erottik". The correct spelling is "Erotik".
How do you pronounce "Erotik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erotik" is [eˈʁoːtɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erotik" come from?
"Erotik" 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.