Erwartung
[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erwartung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,648
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand der Spannung, des Wartens, der Ungeduld
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwartung · Erwartung · German
Erwartung · rank #10,648 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,648
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Ernstes
Nearest frequency peer: Ernstes (-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 „Erwartung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erlernen
erlernen
89,356 corpus weight
- Ernste
Ernste
89,355 corpus weight
- Ernstes
Ernstes
89,354 corpus weight
- Erwartung
Erwartung
89,353 corpus weight
- exil
exil
89,352 corpus weight
- face
face
89,351 corpus weight
What this shows „Erwartung“ 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 | Erwartung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erwartung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Erwartung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,648 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erwartung, with forms such as "erawrtung", "errwartung", and "erwarrtung". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Erwartungen", "erwarten", "Erwägung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erwartung, spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Zustand der Spannung, des Wartens, der Ungeduld
- 2Vorstellung von dem, was geschehen wird; etwas, was erwartet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erwartung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich verbrachte den Abend voller Erwartung.
„In Erwartung des Kaisers standen die Gäste an der Eingangstür zusammengedrängt im Saal.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erawrtung
- errwartung
- erwarrtung
- erwartnug
- erwarttung
- erwartugn
- erwartungg
- erwartunng
- erwarutng
- erwatrung
- erwratung
- erwwartung
- ewrartung
- rewartung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erwartung - 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.
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 "Erwartung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).