# Ehrlich

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,537

## Definitions
1. A surname from German or Yiddish.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Ehrlich, from ehrlich (“honest, honorable”).

## Easily confused with
- **Erich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ehrlich-vs-erich)
- **enrich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ehrlich-vs-enrich)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ehhrlich`, `ehlrich`, `ehrilch`, `ehrlcih`, `ehrlicch`, `ehrlichh`, `ehrlihc`, `ehrllich`, `ehrrlich`, `erhlich`, `herlich`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ehrlich