erwarben
[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁbn̩]
The verdict
“erwarben” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,909
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwerben
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwarben · erwarben · German
erwarben · rank #45,909 · 12 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,909
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ertönte
Nearest frequency peer: ertönte (-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 „erwarben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erläuterten
erläuterten
54,095 corpus weight
- Erscheinung…
Erscheinungsformen
54,094 corpus weight
- ertönte
ertönte
54,093 corpus weight
- erwarben
erwarben
54,092 corpus weight
- Etui
Etui
54,091 corpus weight
- Euter
Euter
54,089 corpus weight
What this shows „erwarben“ 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 | erwarben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erwarben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erwarben (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁbn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,909 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erwarben, with forms such as "erawrben", "errwarben", and "erwabren". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "erwarte", "erwartet", "erwarten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erwarben, spelled E-R-W-A-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwerben
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwerben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erawrben
- errwarben
- erwabren
- erwarbben
- erwarbenn
- erwarbne
- erwarebn
- erwarrben
- erwraben
- erwwarben
- ewrarben
- rewarben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erwarben - 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 "erwarben", 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).