ersteres
[ˈeːɐ̯stəʁəs]
The verdict
“ersteres” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,959
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs erstere
Corpus desk
Index DE-ersteres · ersteres · German
ersteres · rank #21,959 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,959
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH error
Nearest frequency peer: error (-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 „ersteres“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Erleuchtung
Erleuchtung
78,045 corpus weight
- eroberten
eroberten
78,044 corpus weight
- error
error
78,043 corpus weight
- ersteres
ersteres
78,042 corpus weight
- erwägt
erwägt
78,041 corpus weight
- esprit
esprit
78,040 corpus weight
What this shows „ersteres“ 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 | ersteres |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯stəʁəs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ersteres“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ersteres (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯stəʁəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,959 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ersteres, with forms such as "errsteres", "ersetres", and "erssteres". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "erstes", "erster", "erstens", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ersteres, spelled E-R-S-T-E-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs erstere
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs erstere
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs erstere
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs erstere
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errsteres
- ersetres
- erssteres
- ersteers
- ersteress
- ersterres
- ersterse
- erstrees
- erstteres
- ertseres
- esrteres
- resteres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ersteres - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "ersteres", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).