erwartet

[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtət]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtət]/ adj

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The verdict

“erwartet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#967
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Erscheinen einer Person, das Eintreten eines Ereignisses gewünscht, ersehnt, gefordert oder vermutet

Corpus desk

Index DE-erwartet · erwartet · German

erwartet · rank #967 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #967
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH durchaus

Nearest frequency peer: durchaus (-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 „erwartet“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „erwartet“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

erwartet vs erwartete
89% similar
erwartet vs erwarteten
80% similar
erwartet vs erwarte
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for erwartet
PropertyValue
Headworderwartet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtət]
Letters8
Frequency rank#967
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erwartet“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).erwartetliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „durchaus“ (#966), „fallen“ (#968), „dritten“ (#965). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erwartet“ bei #967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around erwartet (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtət]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #967 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Erscheinen einer Person, das Eintreten eines Ereignisses gewünscht, ersehnt, gefordert oder vermutet".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erwartet, with forms such as "erawrtet", "errwartet", and "erwarett". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "erwartete", "erwarteten", "erwarte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erwartet, spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Erscheinen einer Person, das Eintreten eines Ereignisses gewünscht, ersehnt, gefordert oder vermutet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der mit Spannung erwartete Abriss des Anlaufturms der Inselbergschanze in Brotterode im Thüringer Wald ist gescheitert.“

This word in other languages

attendu(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erawrtet
  • errwartet
  • erwarett
  • erwarrtet
  • erwartett
  • erwartte
  • erwarttet
  • erwatret
  • erwratet
  • erwwartet
  • ewrartet
  • rewartet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erwartet - 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.

erawrtet2errwartet1erwarett2erwarrtet1erwartett1erwartte2erwarttet1erwatret2
Edit distance from "erwartet"

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 "erwartet"?
"erwartet" is spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtət].
What does "erwartet" mean?
As an adjective, "erwartet" means: das Erscheinen einer Person, das Eintreten eines Ereignisses gewünscht, ersehnt, gefordert oder vermutet
What words are commonly confused with "erwartet"?
"erwartet" is commonly confused with "erwartete", "erwarteten", "erwarte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erwartet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erwartet" is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erwartet" come from?
"erwartet" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

durchaus#966komplett#971facebook#949entfernt#948

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Wahrheit12 variantserklären12 variantsentweder12 variantsRussland12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list