erschien

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃiːn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,591

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

erschien is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erscheinen Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʃiːn]. It ranks #2,591 in German word frequency. Often confused with Eschen and ersuchen.

Key facts for erschien
PropertyValue
Headworderschien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃiːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,591
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erschien is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈʃiːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,591 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 erschien, with forms such as "ercshien", "errschien", and "erscchien". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Eschen", "ersuchen", "erschienen", 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 erschien, spelled E-R-S-C-H-I-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erscheinen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erscheinen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercshien,errschien,erscchien,erschein,erschhien,erschienn,erschine,erscihen,ershcien,ersschien,esrchien,reschien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erschien

Misspelling Variants of "erschien"

ercshien8errschien9erscchien9erschein8erschhien9erschienn9erschine8erscihen8
Misspelling Variants of "erschien"

Frequency rank: #2,591 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erschien"?
"erschien" is spelled E-R-S-C-H-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃiːn].
What does "erschien" mean?
As a verb, "erschien" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erscheinen
What words are commonly confused with "erschien"?
"erschien" is commonly confused with "Eschen", "ersuchen", "erschienen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erschien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erschien" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erschien" come from?
"erschien" 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.