Erwerbslose

[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzə]/ noun

The verdict

“Erwerbslose” is uncommon German (frequency #69,192 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,192
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person ohne eine bezahlte, berufliche Tätigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-erwerbslose · Erwerbslose · German

Erwerbslose · rank #69,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,192
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erzieherischen

Nearest frequency peer: erzieherischen (+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 „Erwerbslose“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Erwerbslose
PropertyValue
HeadwordErwerbslose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,192
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Erwerbslose“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Erwerbslosefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erzieherischen“ (#69,193), „erstaunte“ (#69,190), „especially“ (#69,194). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Erwerbslose“ bei #69,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Erwerbslose is uncommon German at frequency #69,192 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person ohne eine bezahlte, berufliche Tätigkeit".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Erwerbslose in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Erwerbslose, spelled E-R-W-E-R-B-S-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person ohne eine bezahlte, berufliche Tätigkeit

Antonyms

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 "Erwerbslose"?
"Erwerbslose" is spelled E-R-W-E-R-B-S-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzə].
What does "Erwerbslose" mean?
As a noun, "Erwerbslose" means: weibliche Person ohne eine bezahlte, berufliche Tätigkeit
How do you pronounce "Erwerbslose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erwerbslose" is [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁpsloːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erwerbslose" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list