erschleichen
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]
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
- entschlosse…
entschlossener
36,730 corpus weight
- entsetzlich…
entsetzlichen
36,729 corpus weight
- erblindet
erblindet
36,728 corpus weight
- erschleichen
erschleichen
36,725 corpus weight
- erschlossen…
erschlossenen
36,724 corpus weight
- erschlug
erschlug
36,723 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erschleichen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erschleichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erschleichen“ im Deutschen
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
- 1materielle und andere Rechtsgüter durch Betrug in seinen Besitz bringen
- 2unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen Gunst oder Vertrauen erreichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erschleichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich soll Sozialleistungen erschlichen haben.
Der Angeklagte erschlich sich das Vertrauen des Opfers.
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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.
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