erträglich
[ɛɐ̯ˈtʁɛːklɪç]
The verdict
“erträglich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,711
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dergestalt, dass es ausgehalten werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-ertraglich · erträglich · German
erträglich · rank #22,711 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,711
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erstreckte
Nearest frequency peer: erstreckte (-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 „erträglich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ers
Ers
77,293 corpus weight
- Erstligisten
Erstligisten
77,292 corpus weight
- erstreckte
erstreckte
77,291 corpus weight
- erträglich
erträglich
77,290 corpus weight
- Esch
Esch
77,289 corpus weight
- eskalieren
eskalieren
77,288 corpus weight
What this shows „erträglich“ 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 | erträglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈtʁɛːklɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erträglich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around erträglich (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈtʁɛːklɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,711 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for erträglich, with forms such as "errträglich", "errtäglich", and "ertrgälich". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "erträglicher", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 erträglich, spelled E-R-T-R-Ä-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1dergestalt, dass es ausgehalten werden kann
- 2mittelmäßige Qualität aufweisend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erträglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schmerzen nach der Operation waren gerade noch erträglich.
Mit ihrem Einkommen können sie ein erträgliches Leben führen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errträglich
- errtäglich
- ertrgälich
- ertrräglich
- erträgglich
- erträgilch
- erträglcih
- erträglicch
- erträglichh
- erträglihc
- erträgllich
- erträlgich
- ertträglich
- ertärglich
- etrräglich
- reträglich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erträglich - 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 "erträglich", 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).