erstrecken
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɛkn̩]
The verdict
“erstrecken” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,561
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine bestimmte räumliche Ausdehnung haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstrecken · erstrecken · German
erstrecken · rank #19,561 · 16 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,561
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erscheinende
Nearest frequency peer: erscheinende (-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 „erstrecken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ermittelte
ermittelte
80,443 corpus weight
- errungen
errungen
80,442 corpus weight
- erscheinende
erscheinende
80,441 corpus weight
- erstrecken
erstrecken
80,440 corpus weight
- Erteilung
Erteilung
80,439 corpus weight
- ethisch
ethisch
80,438 corpus weight
What this shows „erstrecken“ 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 | erstrecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erstrecken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around erstrecken (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɛkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,561 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for erstrecken, with forms such as "errstrecken", "ersrtecken", and "ersstrecken". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "erstreckt", "erstreckte", "ersticken", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 erstrecken, spelled E-R-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine bestimmte räumliche Ausdehnung haben
- 2eine bestimmte zeitliche Ausdehnung haben
- 3für jemanden/etwas gelten, jemanden/etwas betreffen
- 4etwas zeitlich verschieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erstrecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der neue Golfplatz erstreckt sich über ein riesiges, natürlich gewelltes Gelände.
„Als wir nun so zusammen aneinandergelehnt beruhigt saßen, schien er zu langweilen und machte mich auf einen flachen Kies aufmerksam, der von unserer Seite sich in den Strom hinein erstreckte. Da sei die schönste Gelegenheit zu baden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errstrecken
- ersrtecken
- ersstrecken
- erstercken
- erstrceken
- erstreccken
- erstrecekn
- erstreckenn
- erstreckken
- erstreckne
- erstrekcen
- erstrrecken
- ersttrecken
- ertsrecken
- esrtrecken
- restrecken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erstrecken - 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.
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 "erstrecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).