Erzählens

[ˌɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːləns]

/[ˌɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːləns]/ noun

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The verdict

“Erzählens” is uncommon German (frequency #75,600 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,600
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Erzählen

Corpus desk

Index DE-erzahlens · Erzählens · German

Erzählens · rank #75,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,600
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erträgliche

Nearest frequency peer: erträgliche (-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 „Erzählens“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Erzählens
PropertyValue
HeadwordErzählens
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːləns]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,600
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Erzählens“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erträgliche“ (#75,599), „esoterisch“ (#75,601), „Erstwähler“ (#75,598). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Erzählens“ bei #75,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Erzählens is uncommon German at frequency #75,600 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːləns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Erzählen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Erzählens, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Erzählens, spelled E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Erzählen

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 "Erzählens"?
"Erzählens" is spelled E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːləns].
What does "Erzählens" mean?
As a noun, "Erzählens" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Erzählen
How do you pronounce "Erzählens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erzählens" is [ˌɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːləns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erzählens" come from?
"Erzählens" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Esskultur#75,602erklangen#75,589Fachblatt#75,613Epidermis#75,580

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list