Erzbistum
[ˈeːɐ̯t͡sˌbɪstuːm]
The verdict
“Erzbistum” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,533
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kirchlicher Verwaltungsbezirk eines Erzbischofs; Sitz/Diözese des Vorstehers einer Kirchenprovinz
Corpus desk
Index DE-erzbistum · Erzbistum · German
Erzbistum · rank #31,533 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,533
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erwartende
Nearest frequency peer: erwartende (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Erzbistum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Erbes
Erbes
68,471 corpus weight
- Erderwärmung
Erderwärmung
68,470 corpus weight
- erwartende
erwartende
68,469 corpus weight
- Erzbistum
Erzbistum
68,468 corpus weight
- Esszimmer
Esszimmer
68,467 corpus weight
- extended
extended
68,466 corpus weight
What this shows „Erzbistum“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erzbistum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯t͡sˌbɪstuːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Erzbistum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Erzbistum (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯t͡sˌbɪstuːm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,533 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kirchlicher Verwaltungsbezirk eines Erzbischofs; Sitz/Diözese des Vorstehers einer Kirchenprovinz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erzbistum, with forms such as "erbzistum", "errzbistum", and "erzbbistum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Erzbistum, spelled E-R-Z-B-I-S-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1kirchlicher Verwaltungsbezirk eines Erzbischofs; Sitz/Diözese des Vorstehers einer Kirchenprovinz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erzbistum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Deutschland gibt es folgende Erzbistümer: Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Paderborn, Freiburg i. Br., München-Freising und Bamberg.
„Am 1. Oktober 948 wurde auf dem Reichstage in Magdeburg das Bistum Havelberg als Suffraganbistum zunächst der Diözese Mainz, seit 968 des neu geschaffenen Erzbistums Magdeburg begründet.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erbzistum
- errzbistum
- erzbbistum
- erzbisstum
- erzbistmu
- erzbisttum
- erzbistumm
- erzbisutm
- erzbitsum
- erzbsitum
- erzibstum
- erzzbistum
- ezrbistum
- rezbistum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erzbistum - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erzbistum", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).