erröten

[ɛɐ̯ˈʁøːtn̩]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʁøːtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“erröten” is uncommon German (frequency #76,731 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,731
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rot werden im Gesicht (insbesondere beim Menschen durch Erweiterung der Blutgefäße)

Corpus desk

Index DE-erroten · erröten · German

erröten · rank #76,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,731
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ersehnt

Nearest frequency peer: ersehnt (+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 „erröten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erröten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erröten
PropertyValue
Headworderröten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʁøːtn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erröten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).errötenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ersehnt“ (#76,732), „ernstzunehmenden“ (#76,729), „erstatteten“ (#76,733). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erröten“ bei #76,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erröten is uncommon German at frequency #76,731 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʁøːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rot werden im Gesicht (insbesondere beim Menschen durch Erweiterung der Blutgefäße)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for erröten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is erröten, spelled E-R-R-Ö-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    rot werden im Gesicht (insbesondere beim Menschen durch Erweiterung der Blutgefäße)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how erröten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Schlagartig errötete er bei ihrem Anblick.
  2. „Lisa errötete, antwortete aber nicht; sie fuhr nur fort, mir gerade ins Gesicht zu sehen.“

Synonyms

genierenschämen

Antonyms

erblassen

This word in other languages

blush(English)rougir(Français)corar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erröten"?
"erröten" is spelled E-R-R-Ö-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʁøːtn̩].
What does "erröten" mean?
As a verb, "erröten" means: rot werden im Gesicht (insbesondere beim Menschen durch Erweiterung der Blutgefäße)
How do you pronounce "erröten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erröten" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʁøːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erröten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erröten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ersehnt#76,732factors#76,747Faktors#76,752Einzahl#76,703

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list