erreichen

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#826

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

erreichen is aGermanverb. It means: zu jemandem oder zu etwas hingelangen Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]. It ranks #826 in German word frequency. Often confused with erreicht and erreichte.

Key facts for erreichen
PropertyValue
Headworderreichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#826
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erreichen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #826 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for erreichen, with forms such as "ereichen", "ererichen", and "errecihen". 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 also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "erreicht", "erreichte", "errichten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 erreichen, spelled E-R-R-E-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu jemandem oder zu etwas hingelangen
  2. 2
    zu einem Ziel gelangen; seine Wünsche durchsetzen
  3. 3
    eine Verbindung zu jemandem herstellen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ereichen,ererichen,errecihen,erreicchen,erreicehn,erreichenn,erreichhen,erreichne,erreihcen,erriechen,rereichen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erreichen

Misspelling Variants of "erreichen"

ereichen8ererichen9errecihen9erreicchen10erreicehn9erreichenn10erreichhen10erreichne9
Misspelling Variants of "erreichen"

Frequency rank: #826 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erreichen"?
"erreichen" is spelled E-R-R-E-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩].
What does "erreichen" mean?
As a verb, "erreichen" means: zu jemandem oder zu etwas hingelangen
What words are commonly confused with "erreichen"?
"erreichen" is commonly confused with "erreicht", "erreichte", "errichten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erreichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erreichen" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erreichen" come from?
"erreichen" 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.