erwog
[ɛɐ̯ˈvoːk]
The verdict
“erwog” is uncommon German (frequency #63,283 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,283
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwägen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwog · erwog · German
erwog · rank #63,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,283
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erweitere
Nearest frequency peer: erweitere (-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 „erwog“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erschlossen…
erschlossenen
36,724 corpus weight
- erschlug
erschlug
36,723 corpus weight
- erweitere
erweitere
36,719 corpus weight
- erwog
erwog
36,718 corpus weight
- erzieherisc…
erzieherische
36,717 corpus weight
- erzittern
erzittern
36,716 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erwog“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erwog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvoːk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erwog“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erwog is uncommon German at frequency #63,283 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvoːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
erwog doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erwog, spelled E-R-W-O-G.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwägen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwägen
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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