erwuchs
[ɛɐ̯ˈvuːks]
The verdict
“erwuchs” is uncommon German (frequency #67,186 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,186
- 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 erwachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwuchs · erwuchs · German
erwuchs · rank #67,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,186
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erzrivalen
Nearest frequency peer: Erzrivalen (+2 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 „erwuchs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- eruieren
eruieren
32,819 corpus weight
- erweichen
erweichen
32,818 corpus weight
- erwuchs
erwuchs
32,815 corpus weight
- Erzrivalen
Erzrivalen
32,813 corpus weight
- Eseln
Eseln
32,812 corpus weight
- Essensreste
Essensreste
32,811 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erwuchs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erwuchs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvuːks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erwuchs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erwuchs is uncommon German at frequency #67,186 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvuːks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
erwuchs has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erwuchs, spelled E-R-W-U-C-H-S.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwachsen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erwachsen
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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