errichten

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʁɪçtn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,293

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

errichten is aGermanverb. It means: etwas aufbauen, bauen Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʁɪçtn̩]. It ranks #6,293 in German word frequency. Often confused with errichtet and Errichtung.

Key facts for errichten
PropertyValue
Headworderrichten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʁɪçtn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,293
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for errichten is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈʁɪçtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,293 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for errichten, with forms such as "erichten", "erirchten", and "errcihten". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "errichtet", "Errichtung", "errichtete", 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 errichten, spelled E-R-R-I-C-H-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas aufbauen, bauen
  2. 2
    etwas gründen, eröffnen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erichten,erirchten,errcihten,erricchten,errichetn,errichhten,errichtenn,errichtne,errichtten,erricthen,errihcten,rerichten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for errichten

Misspelling Variants of "errichten"

erichten8erirchten9errcihten9erricchten10errichetn9errichhten10errichtenn10errichtne9
Misspelling Variants of "errichten"

Frequency rank: #6,293 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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