Erzgebirge
[ˈeːɐ̯t͡sɡəˌbɪʁɡə]
The verdict
“Erzgebirge” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,876
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gebirge in Mitteleuropa im Südosten Deutschlands und im Nordwesten Tschechiens; Sächsisches Erzgebirge (dieses ist aber sehr selten in Gebrauch, nur in Zusammenhang mit dem Slowakischen Erzgebirge ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erzgebirge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯t͡sɡəˌbɪʁɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Erzgebirge” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Erzgebirge (IPA [ˈeːɐ̯t͡sɡəˌbɪʁɡə]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,876 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gebirge in Mitteleuropa im Südosten Deutschlands und im Nordwesten Tschechiens; Sächsisches Erzgebirge (dieses ist aber sehr selten in Gebrauch, nur in Zusammenhang mit dem Slowakischen Erzgebirge ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erzgebirge, with forms such as "ergzebirge", "errzgebirge", and "erzegbirge". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Erzgebirge, spelled E-R-Z-G-E-B-I-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Gebirge in Mitteleuropa im Südosten Deutschlands und im Nordwesten Tschechiens; Sächsisches Erzgebirge (dieses ist aber sehr selten in Gebrauch, nur in Zusammenhang mit dem Slowakischen Erzgebirge Slovenské rudohorie)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergzebirge
- errzgebirge
- erzegbirge
- erzgbeirge
- erzgebbirge
- erzgebigre
- erzgebireg
- erzgebirgge
- erzgebirrge
- erzgebrige
- erzgeibrge
- erzggebirge
- erzzgebirge
- ezrgebirge
- rezgebirge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erzgebirge - 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 “Erzgebirge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-Z-G-E-B-I-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːɐ̯t͡sɡəˌbɪʁɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.