# Erasmus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɪˈɹæzməs/ · frequency rank #24,740

## Definitions
1. Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam), a Dutch humanist and theologian.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, rare in English.
3. Ellipsis of Erasmus Programme, a student exchange programme established in 1987.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Erasmus. The EU student exchange programme is named after Erasmus of Rotterdam, and also a backronym for “European [Community] Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students”.

## Common misspellings (10)
`earsmus`, `eramsus`, `erasmmus`, `erasmsu`, `erasmuss`, `erassmus`, `erasums`, `errasmus`, `ersamus`, `reasmus`

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