Ersetzung
[ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ersetzung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #59,611 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,611
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Austausch von etwas; das, was an die Stelle von etwas Entferntem tritt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ersetzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ersetzung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ersetzung is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,611 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Austausch von etwas; das, was an die Stelle von etwas Entferntem tritt".
Ersetzung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Ersetzung, spelled E-R-S-E-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Austausch von etwas; das, was an die Stelle von etwas Entferntem tritt
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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 “Ersetzung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-E-T-Z-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.