Erzählung
[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erzählung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,180
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Darstellung eines Ereignisses, Vorkommnisses
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 | Erzählung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erzählung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Erzählung (IPA [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,180 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erzählung, with forms such as "errzählung", "erzhälung", and "erzzählung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Erzählungen", "erzählen", "Erfahrung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erzählung, spelled E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Darstellung eines Ereignisses, Vorkommnisses
- 2literarische Gattung: relativ kurzer Prosatext, in dem ein Geschehen dargestellt wird
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- errzählung
- erzhälung
- erzzählung
- erzähhlung
- erzähllung
- erzählnug
- erzählugn
- erzählungg
- erzählunng
- erzähulng
- erzälhung
- eräzhlung
- ezrählung
- rezählung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erzählung - 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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Using “Erzählung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Erzählungen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Erzählung vs Erzählungen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.