erschleichen

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“erschleichen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,276 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,276
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - materielle und andere Rechtsgüter durch Betrug in seinen Besitz bringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-erschleichen · erschleichen · German

erschleichen · rank #63,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,276
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erschlossenen

Nearest frequency peer: erschlossenen (+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 „erschleichen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erschleichen
PropertyValue
Headworderschleichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,276
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erschleichen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.erschleichenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erschlossenen“ (#63,277), „erschlug“ (#63,278), „erblindet“ (#63,273). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erschleichen“ bei #63,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erschleichen is uncommon German at frequency #63,276 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erschleichen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erschleichen, spelled E-R-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    materielle und andere Rechtsgüter durch Betrug in seinen Besitz bringen
  2. 2
    unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen Gunst oder Vertrauen erreichen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich soll Sozialleistungen erschlichen haben.
  2. Der Angeklagte erschlich sich das Vertrauen des Opfers.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erschleichen"?
"erschleichen" is spelled E-R-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩].
What does "erschleichen" mean?
As a verb, "erschleichen" means: materielle und andere Rechtsgüter durch Betrug in seinen Besitz bringen
How do you pronounce "erschleichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erschleichen" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erschleichen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list