Ersatzteil
[ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌtaɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Ersatzteil” is uncommon German (frequency #57,821 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,821
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Teil, das gegen ein defektes Teil eines größeren Produktes ausgetauscht wird, um die Funktion wiederherzustellen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ersatzteil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌtaɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ersatzteil” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ersatzteil is uncommon German at frequency #57,821 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌtaɪ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Teil, das gegen ein defektes Teil eines größeren Produktes ausgetauscht wird, um die Funktion wiederherzustellen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ersatzteil, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Ersatzteil, spelled E-R-S-A-T-Z-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1ein Teil, das gegen ein defektes Teil eines größeren Produktes ausgetauscht wird, um die Funktion wiederherzustellen
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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Using “Ersatzteil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-A-T-Z-T-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌtaɪ̯l] (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.