erworben

/[ɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁbn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,428

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

erworben is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erwerben Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁbn̩]. It ranks #4,428 in German word frequency. Often confused with erworbene and erworbenen.

Key facts for erworben
PropertyValue
Headworderworben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁbn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,428
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erworben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erworben is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,428 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erwerben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for erworben, with forms such as "erowrben", "errworben", and "erwobren". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "erworbene", "erworbenen", "erhoben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erworben, spelled E-R-W-O-R-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erwerben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erowrben,errworben,erwobren,erworbben,erworbenn,erworbne,erworebn,erworrben,erwroben,erwworben,ewrorben,reworben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erworben

Misspelling Variants of "erworben"

erowrben8errworben9erwobren8erworbben9erworbenn9erworbne8erworebn8erworrben9
Misspelling Variants of "erworben"

Frequency rank: #4,428 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erworben"?
"erworben" is spelled E-R-W-O-R-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁbn̩].
What does "erworben" mean?
As a verb, "erworben" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs erwerben
What words are commonly confused with "erworben"?
"erworben" is commonly confused with "erworbene", "erworbenen", "erhoben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erworben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erworben" is [ɛɐ̯ˈvɔʁbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erworben" come from?
"erworben" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.