erzwungener
[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ]
The verdict
“erzwungener” is uncommon German (frequency #72,379 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,379
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erzwungener |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erzwungener” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
erzwungener is uncommon German at frequency #72,379 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for erzwungener, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erzwungener, spelled E-R-Z-W-U-N-G-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
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 “erzwungener”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-Z-W-U-N-G-E-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ] (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.