ersetzen
[ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“ersetzen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,438 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,438
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas entfernen und an dieselbe Stelle etwas anderes setzen
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 | ersetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ersetzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ersetzen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,438 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ersetzen, with forms such as "erestzen", "errsetzen", and "ersetezn". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ersten", "ersetzt", "ersetzte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ersetzen, spelled E-R-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas entfernen und an dieselbe Stelle etwas anderes setzen
- 2an die Stelle von etwas anderem treten
- 3einen Schaden wieder gutmachen; entschädigen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erestzen,errsetzen,ersetezn,ersettzen,ersetzenn,ersetzne,ersetzzen,ersezten,erssetzen,erstezen,esretzen,resetzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ersetzen - 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 “ersetzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-E-T-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ersten” - see the side-by-side comparison. ersetzen vs ersten
- 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.