erschreckte

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛktə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛktə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erschreckte” is uncommon German (frequency #67,180 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,180
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt

Corpus desk

Index DE-erschreckte · erschreckte · German

erschreckte · rank #67,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,180
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erregern

Nearest frequency peer: Erregern (-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 „erschreckte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erschreckte
PropertyValue
Headworderschreckte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛktə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erschreckte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).erschrecktefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erregern“ (#67,179), „ersticht“ (#67,181), „erlogen“ (#67,178). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erschreckte“ bei #67,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erschreckte is uncommon German at frequency #67,180 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for erschreckte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erschreckte, spelled E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt

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 "erschreckte"?
"erschreckte" is spelled E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛktə].
What does "erschreckte" mean?
As an adjective, "erschreckte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erschreckt
How do you pronounce "erschreckte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erschreckte" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erschreckte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list