erwartbar

[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtbaːɐ̯]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtbaːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“erwartbar” is uncommon German (frequency #79,122 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,122
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht überraschend, sich gut vorhersagen lassend

Corpus desk

Index DE-erwartbar · erwartbar · German

erwartbar · rank #79,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,122
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erledigungen

Nearest frequency peer: Erledigungen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „erwartbar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erwartbar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erwartbar
PropertyValue
Headworderwartbar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtbaːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,122
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erwartbar“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).erwartbarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erledigungen“ (#79,121), „Erwitte“ (#79,123), „Erklärungsnot“ (#79,120). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erwartbar“ bei #79,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erwartbar is uncommon German at frequency #79,122 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht überraschend, sich gut vorhersagen lassend".

erwartbar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is erwartbar, spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht überraschend, sich gut vorhersagen lassend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how erwartbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Seine Entgegnung geriet zu einer erwartbaren Gemeinheit.
  2. Wie gewinnt man eine Tour de France? Durch Talent und viel Training? Gehört dazu. Durch Doping? Klar, immer mal wieder positive Dopingtests sind doch erwartbar.

Synonyms

voraussagbarvorhersehbar

Antonyms

plötzlichunerwartetungeahntunverhofftüberraschend

This word in other languages

expectable(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erwartbar"?
"erwartbar" is spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtbaːɐ̯].
What does "erwartbar" mean?
As an adjective, "erwartbar" means: nicht überraschend, sich gut vorhersagen lassend
How do you pronounce "erwartbar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erwartbar" is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtbaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erwartbar" come from?
"erwartbar" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erwartbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erzeugern#79,124erblinden#79,118esperanza#79,127entlohnen#79,114

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list