erstens
[ˈeːɐ̯stn̩s]
The verdict
“erstens” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,790
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an erster Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) auch in übertragenem Sinne
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstens · erstens · German
erstens · rank #4,790 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,790
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erlebnis
Nearest frequency peer: Erlebnis (-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 „erstens“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Entwickler
Entwickler
95,214 corpus weight
- Erkrankung
Erkrankung
95,213 corpus weight
- Erlebnis
Erlebnis
95,212 corpus weight
- erstens
erstens
95,211 corpus weight
- Events
Events
95,210 corpus weight
- Gedichte
Gedichte
95,209 corpus weight
What this shows „erstens“ 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 | erstens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯stn̩s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erstens“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around erstens (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯stn̩s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #4,790 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "an erster Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) auch in übertragenem Sinne".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for erstens, with forms such as "errstens", "ersetns", and "ersstens". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "erster", "erstes", "Essens", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erstens, spelled E-R-S-T-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1an erster Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) auch in übertragenem Sinne
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erstens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erstens: Beruhigen Sie sich bitte.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errstens
- ersetns
- ersstens
- erstenns
- erstenss
- erstesn
- erstnes
- ersttens
- ertsens
- esrtens
- restens
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erstens - 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 "erstens", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).