erlang
"erlang" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“erlang” is uncommon English (frequency #67,415 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,415
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erlang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erlang” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
erlang is uncommon English at frequency #67,415 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for erlang in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after Danish mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929). The correct English form is erlang, spelled E-R-L-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.
Etymology
Named after Danish mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "erlang"?
What does "erlang" mean?
What is the origin of the word "erlang"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “erlang”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-R-L-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Other uncommon English words near this rank
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.