erzwungener

[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“erzwungener” is uncommon German (frequency #72,379 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,379
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen

Corpus desk

Index DE-erzwungener · erzwungener · German

erzwungener · rank #72,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,379
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erziehungswis…

Nearest frequency peer: Erziehungswissenschaften (-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 „erzwungener“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erzwungener
PropertyValue
Headworderzwungener
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,379
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erzwungener“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.erzwungenerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erziehungswissenschaften“ (#72,378), „España“ (#72,380), „erziehende“ (#72,377). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erzwungener“ bei #72,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erzwungener is uncommon German at frequency #72,379 among 4,632 “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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
  5. 5
    Nominativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erzwungener"?
"erzwungener" is spelled E-R-Z-W-U-N-G-E-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ].
What does "erzwungener" mean?
As an adjective, "erzwungener" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erzwungen
How do you pronounce "erzwungener"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erzwungener" is [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡svʊŋənɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erzwungener" come from?
"erzwungener" 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 "erzwungener", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list