erschreckend
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t]
The verdict
“erschreckend” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,538 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,538
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Angst und Unruhigkeit versetzend
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) |
Where “erschreckend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for erschreckend is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,538 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “erschreckend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erschrocken” - see the side-by-side comparison. erschreckend vs erschrocken
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.