erschreckend
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t]
The verdict
“erschreckend” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,538
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Angst und Unruhigkeit versetzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-erschreckend · erschreckend · German
erschreckend · rank #9,538 · 20 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,538
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erschienenen
Nearest frequency peer: erschienenen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „erschreckend“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erfinden
erfinden
90,466 corpus weight
- Erleichteru…
Erleichterung
90,465 corpus weight
- erschienenen
erschienenen
90,464 corpus weight
- erschreckend
erschreckend
90,463 corpus weight
- erweiterten
erweiterten
90,462 corpus weight
- etablierten
etablierten
90,461 corpus weight
What this shows „erschreckend“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erschreckend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #9,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erschreckend“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around erschreckend (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,538 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in Angst und Unruhigkeit versetzend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for erschreckend, with forms such as "ercshreckend", "errschreckend", and "erscchreckend". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "erschrocken", "erschreckende", "erschrecken", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 erschreckend, spelled E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1in Angst und Unruhigkeit versetzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erschreckend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ja, es waren wirklich erschreckende Nachrichten, die uns da aus Australien an diesem Weihnachtstag erreichten.
Die Fehlerquote ist erschreckend hoch.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercshreckend
- errschreckend
- erscchreckend
- erscherckend
- erschhreckend
- erschrcekend
- erschrecckend
- erschreceknd
- erschreckedn
- erschreckendd
- erschreckennd
- erschreckkend
- erschreckned
- erschrekcend
- erschrreckend
- erscrheckend
- ershcreckend
- ersschreckend
- esrchreckend
- reschreckend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erschreckend - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erschreckend", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).