erwarte

/[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,981

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

erwarte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erwarten Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtə]. It ranks #4,981 in German word frequency. Often confused with erwartet and erwarten.

Key facts for erwarte
PropertyValue
Headworderwarte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,981
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erwarte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erwarte is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,981 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for erwarte, with forms such as "erawrte", "errwarte", and "erwaret". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "erwartet", "erwarten", "erwartete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erwarte, spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erwarten
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erwarten
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erwarten
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erwarten

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erawrte,errwarte,erwaret,erwarrte,erwatre,erwrate,erwwarte,ewrarte,rewarte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erwarte

Misspelling Variants of "erwarte"

erawrte7errwarte8erwaret7erwarrte8erwatre7erwrate7erwwarte8ewrarte7
Misspelling Variants of "erwarte"

Frequency rank: #4,981 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erwarte"?
"erwarte" is spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtə].
What does "erwarte" mean?
As a verb, "erwarte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erwarten
What words are commonly confused with "erwarte"?
"erwarte" is commonly confused with "erwartet", "erwarten", "erwartete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erwarte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erwarte" is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erwarte" come from?
"erwarte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.