erster

Name: erster, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈeːɐ̯stɐ]

/[ˈeːɐ̯stɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“erster” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#761
frequency rank, German: 4,632
“E” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-erster · erster · German

erster · rank #761 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #761
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 4,632
PHOTO-FINISH erklärt

Nearest frequency peer: erklärt (-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.

Spieler

99,243
drauf

99,242
erklärt

99,241
erster

99,240
Gefühl

99,239
gleichen

99,238

What this shows „erster“ 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).

erster vs Este

50% similar

erster vs Ester

67% similar

erster vs Euter

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for erster
Property	Value
Headword	erster
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈeːɐ̯stɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#761
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erster“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ersterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#761

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „erklärt“ (#760), „Gefühl“ (#762), „drauf“ (#759). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erster“ bei #761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around erster (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯stɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #761 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for erster, with forms such as "errster", "ersetr", and "ersster". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Este", "Ester", "Euter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erster, spelled E-R-S-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erste
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erste
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erste
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erste
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erste

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

errster
ersetr
ersster
ersterr
erstre
erstter
ertser
esrter
rester

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erster - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "erster"

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 "erster"?

"erster" is spelled E-R-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːɐ̯stɐ].

What does "erster" mean?

As an adjective, "erster" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erste

What words are commonly confused with "erster"?

"erster" is commonly confused with "Este", "Ester", "Euter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "erster"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erster" is [ˈeːɐ̯stɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "erster" come from?

"erster" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gefühl#762 laufen#765 Medien#766 selber#756

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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