Esra
[ˈɛsʁa]
The verdict
“Esra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,863) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,863
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-esra · Esra · German
Esra · rank #48,863 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,863
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH esoterischen
Nearest frequency peer: esoterischen (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Esra“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- erstklassig…
erstklassiger
51,142 corpus weight
- ertränken
ertränken
51,141 corpus weight
- esoterischen
esoterischen
51,139 corpus weight
- Esra
Esra
51,138 corpus weight
- essential
essential
51,137 corpus weight
- essenziell
essenziell
51,136 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Esra“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | Esra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛsʁa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Esra“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Esra is neighbouring look-alikes ("Eva", "est", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈɛsʁa]. Frequency #48,863 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Esra, with forms such as "ersa", "esar", and "esrra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eva", "est", "ESS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Esra, spelled E-S-R-A.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Esra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esra hat keinen Blick für das Wesentliche.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersa
- esar
- esrra
- essra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Esra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).