Erstattung
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erstattung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,506
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Zurückgeben, Ersetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstattung · Erstattung · German
Erstattung · rank #23,506 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,506
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Ersparnisse
Nearest frequency peer: Ersparnisse (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Erstattung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erkämpft
erkämpft
76,498 corpus weight
- Erlösen
Erlösen
76,497 corpus weight
- Ersparnisse
Ersparnisse
76,496 corpus weight
- Erstattung
Erstattung
76,495 corpus weight
- ertönt
ertönt
76,494 corpus weight
- erwärmt
erwärmt
76,493 corpus weight
What this shows „Erstattung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Erstattung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erstattung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Erstattung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,506 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erstattung, with forms such as "errstattung", "ersatttung", and "ersstattung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "erstatten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Erstattung, spelled E-R-S-T-A-T-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Zurückgeben, Ersetzen
- 2Vortrag (einer Anzeige, eines Berichts)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erstattung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erstattung des Schadens ließ lange auf sich warten.
Es war nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis es zur Erstattung der Anzeige kam.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errstattung
- ersatttung
- ersstattung
- erstattnug
- erstattugn
- erstattungg
- erstattunng
- erstatung
- erstatutng
- ersttattung
- ersttatung
- ertsattung
- esrtattung
- restattung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erstattung - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erstattung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).