erweichen
[ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“erweichen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,183 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #67,183
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der Konsistenz formbarer (weicher) machen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erweichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erweichen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for erweichen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,183 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
erweichen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 erweichen, spelled E-R-W-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Konsistenz formbarer (weicher) machen
- 2in der Einstellung freundlicher, geneigter stimmen, so dass Widerstand aufgegeben wird
- 3in der Konsistenz formbarer (weicher) werden
- 4in der Einstellung freundlicher, geneigter werden, sogar seinen Widerstand aufgeben
This word in other languages
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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Using “erweichen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-W-E-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.