erwirken
[ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkn̩]
The verdict
“erwirken” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,856
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach den Regeln entsprechenden Bemühungen, zum Beispiel einem formgerechten Antrag auf ein Begehren, einen positiven Bescheid erhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwirken · erwirken · German
erwirken · rank #26,856 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,856
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erreichst
Nearest frequency peer: erreichst (-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 „erwirken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erforderte
erforderte
73,148 corpus weight
- Ernest
Ernest
73,147 corpus weight
- erreichst
erreichst
73,146 corpus weight
- erwirken
erwirken
73,145 corpus weight
- escape
escape
73,144 corpus weight
- Ethan
Ethan
73,142 corpus weight
What this shows „erwirken“ 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 | erwirken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „erwirken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around erwirken (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,856 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nach den Regeln entsprechenden Bemühungen, zum Beispiel einem formgerechten Antrag auf ein Begehren, einen positiven Bescheid erhalten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for erwirken, with forms such as "eriwrken", "errwirken", and "erwikren". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "erwirkt", "erworben", "erwarten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erwirken, spelled E-R-W-I-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach den Regeln entsprechenden Bemühungen, zum Beispiel einem formgerechten Antrag auf ein Begehren, einen positiven Bescheid erhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erwirken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mehrere pharmazeutische Unternehmen hatten einstweilige Verfügungen gegen das Erscheinen des Buches erwirkt.“
„Lüttichau ließe ihm sagen, er hoffe beim König von Sachsen zu erwirken, daß er im Juli nächsten Jahres zu einer Aufführung des ›Tristan‹ nach – Dresden berufen würde.“
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eriwrken
- errwirken
- erwikren
- erwirekn
- erwirkenn
- erwirkken
- erwirkne
- erwirrken
- erwriken
- erwwirken
- ewrirken
- rewirken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erwirken - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "erwirken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).