erstrebenswert
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁeːbn̩sˌveːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“erstrebenswert” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,919
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wert, erstrebt zu werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erstrebenswert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁeːbn̩sˌveːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #36,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erstrebenswert” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around erstrebenswert (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁeːbn̩sˌveːɐ̯t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,919 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wert, erstrebt zu werden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for erstrebenswert, with forms such as "errstrebenswert", "ersrtebenswert", and "ersstrebenswert". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erstrebenswert, spelled E-R-S-T-R-E-B-E-N-S-W-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1wert, erstrebt zu werden
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errstrebenswert
- ersrtebenswert
- ersstrebenswert
- ersterbenswert
- erstrbeenswert
- erstrebbenswert
- erstrebennswert
- erstrebensewrt
- erstrebensswert
- erstrebenswerrt
- erstrebenswertt
- erstrebenswetr
- erstrebenswret
- erstrebenswwert
- erstrebenwsert
- erstrebesnwert
- erstrebneswert
- erstreebnswert
- erstrrebenswert
- ersttrebenswert
- ertsrebenswert
- esrtrebenswert
- restrebenswert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erstrebenswert - 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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Using “erstrebenswert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-T-R-E-B-E-N-S-W-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁeːbn̩sˌveːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.