ERR
The verdict
“ERR” is uncommon German (frequency #59,609 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,609
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Organisation der NSDAP im Dritten Reich zum Raub von Kulturgüter aus den besetzten Ländern unter der Leitung Alfred Rosenbergs
Corpus desk
Index DE-err · ERR · German
ERR · rank #59,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,609
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erneutem
Nearest frequency peer: erneutem (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ERR“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erkoren
erkoren
40,395 corpus weight
- erlen
erlen
40,394 corpus weight
- erneutem
erneutem
40,393 corpus weight
- ERR
ERR
40,392 corpus weight
- erschwingli…
erschwingliche
40,391 corpus weight
- Ersetzung
Ersetzung
40,390 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ERR“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ERR |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ERR“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ERR is uncommon German at frequency #59,609 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Organisation der NSDAP im Dritten Reich zum Raub von Kulturgüter aus den besetzten Ländern unter der Leitung Alfred Rosenbergs".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ERR, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 ERR, spelled E-R-R.
Definition
- 1Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Organisation der NSDAP im Dritten Reich zum Raub von Kulturgüter aus den besetzten Ländern unter der Leitung Alfred Rosenbergs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ERR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Ministerium Rosenbergs, sein Frankfurter Institut und der Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) konnten, […], nie ihre ausschließliche Kontrolle über die Forschung in Sachen Juden etablieren.“
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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