Ersatzprobe
[ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌpʁoːbə]
The verdict
“Ersatzprobe” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eines von mehreren Untersuchungsverfahren zur Ermittlung grammatischer Strukturen; die Ersatzprobe besteht in der Prüfung, ob ein bestimmter sprachlicher Ausdruck durch einen anderen ersetzt werden...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ersatzprobe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌpʁoːbə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ersatzprobe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ersatzprobe is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌpʁoːbə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eines von mehreren Untersuchungsverfahren zur Ermittlung grammatischer Strukturen; die Ersatzprobe besteht in der Prüfung, ob ein bestimmter sprachlicher Ausdruck durch einen anderen ersetzt werden...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ersatzprobe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ersatzprobe, spelled E-R-S-A-T-Z-P-R-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1eines von mehreren Untersuchungsverfahren zur Ermittlung grammatischer Strukturen; die Ersatzprobe besteht in der Prüfung, ob ein bestimmter sprachlicher Ausdruck durch einen anderen ersetzt werden kann und diesem daher gleichwertig ist.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Ersatzprobe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-A-T-Z-P-R-O-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌpʁoːbə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.