# Erik

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #11,538

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.

## Etymology
A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.

## Easily confused with
- **err** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-err)
- **erm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-erm)
- **ERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-ers)
- **ERP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-erp)
- **evil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-evil)
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-exit)
- **Erin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-erin)
- **eros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-eros)
- **Evie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-evie)
- **ERNIE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-ernie)
- **Erika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-erika)
- **Erwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-erwin)
- **Ervin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erik-vs-ervin)
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/er-vs-erik)
- **Ek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ek-vs-erik)
- **EI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ei-vs-erik)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/era-vs-erik)
- **Eli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eli-vs-erik)
- **elk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elk-vs-erik)
- **Eid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eid-vs-erik)

## Common misspellings (5)
`eirk`, `erikk`, `erki`, `errik`, `reik`

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