erstmalig
[ˈeːɐ̯stmaːlɪç]
The verdict
“erstmalig” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,796
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht vorher gewesen; niemals vorher stattgefunden habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstmalig · erstmalig · German
erstmalig · rank #14,796 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,796
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erschweren
Nearest frequency peer: erschweren (-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 „erstmalig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erheblicher
erheblicher
85,208 corpus weight
- Erreger
Erreger
85,207 corpus weight
- erschweren
erschweren
85,206 corpus weight
- erstmalig
erstmalig
85,205 corpus weight
- Erwägung
Erwägung
85,204 corpus weight
- Etagen
Etagen
85,203 corpus weight
What this shows „erstmalig“ 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 | erstmalig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯stmaːlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erstmalig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around erstmalig (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯stmaːlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,796 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 erstmalig, with forms such as "errstmalig", "ersmtalig", and "ersstmalig". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "erstmals", "erstmalige", "erstmaligen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erstmalig, spelled E-R-S-T-M-A-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht vorher gewesen; niemals vorher stattgefunden habend
- 2zum ersten Mal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erstmalig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An deren vorläufigen Höhepunkt steht nun die erstmalige WM-Teilnahme.“
„Der Begriff Krisenmanagement entstand im politischen Bereich, wobei dessen erstmalige Verwendung dort umstritten ist, mehrheitlich aber J.F. Kennedy im Zusammenhang mit der Kuba-Krise 1962 zugeschrieben wird.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errstmalig
- ersmtalig
- ersstmalig
- erstamlig
- erstmailg
- erstmalgi
- erstmaligg
- erstmallig
- erstmlaig
- erstmmalig
- ersttmalig
- ertsmalig
- esrtmalig
- restmalig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erstmalig - 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 "erstmalig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).