erschreckender
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩dɐ]
The verdict
“erschreckender” is uncommon German (frequency #55,291 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,291
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckend
Corpus desk
Index DE-erschreckender · erschreckender · German
erschreckender · rank #55,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,291
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH Ermüdung
Nearest frequency peer: Ermüdung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “erschreckender”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erleuchtete
erleuchtete
44,713 corpus weight
- ermögliche
ermögliche
44,712 corpus weight
- Ermüdung
Ermüdung
44,711 corpus weight
- erschrecken…
erschreckender
44,710 corpus weight
- ersteigern
ersteigern
44,709 corpus weight
- Erwiderung
Erwiderung
44,707 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erschreckender” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erschreckender |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩dɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erschreckender” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
erschreckender is uncommon German at frequency #55,291 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erschreckender, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erschreckender, spelled E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckend
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckend
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckend
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckend
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckend
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 "erschreckender", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.