erstere

[ˈeːɐ̯stəʁə]

/[ˈeːɐ̯stəʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erstere” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,592
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von zweien oder mehreren zuerst genannt

Corpus desk

Index DE-erstere · erstere · German

erstere · rank #21,592 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,592
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erpressen

Nearest frequency peer: erpressen (-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 „erstere“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „erstere“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

erstere vs Ester
57% similar
erstere vs erstes
71% similar
erstere vs ersteres
88% similar

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

Key facts for erstere
PropertyValue
Headworderstere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːɐ̯stəʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,592
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erstere“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „erpressen“ (#21,591), „erwirtschaften“ (#21,593), „erlöst“ (#21,590). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erstere“ bei #21,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around erstere (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯stəʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,592 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von zweien oder mehreren zuerst genannt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for erstere, with forms such as "errstere", "ersetre", and "ersstere". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Ester", "erstes", "ersteres", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 erstere, spelled E-R-S-T-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    von zweien oder mehreren zuerst genannt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how erstere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der erstere Vorschlag wurde sofort abgelehnt.

Antonyms

letztere

This word in other languages

celui-ci(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • errstere
  • ersetre
  • ersstere
  • ersteer
  • ersterre
  • erstree
  • ersttere
  • ertsere
  • esrtere
  • restere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erstere - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

errstere1ersetre2ersstere1ersteer2ersterre1erstree2ersttere1ertsere2
Edit distance from "erstere"

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 "erstere"?
"erstere" is spelled E-R-S-T-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːɐ̯stəʁə].
What does "erstere" mean?
As an adjective, "erstere" means: von zweien oder mehreren zuerst genannt
What words are commonly confused with "erstere"?
"erstere" is commonly confused with "Ester", "erstes", "ersteres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erstere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erstere" is [ˈeːɐ̯stəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erstere" come from?
"erstere" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list