erbauen
\ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən\
The verdict
“erbauen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Édifier, construire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erbauen · erbauen · French
erbauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erbauen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « erbauen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
erbauen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Édifier, construire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erbauen, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is erbauen, spelled E-R-B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Édifier, construire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erbauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist das "Siebendächerhaus", das ursprünglich zum Trocknen von Leder und Fell erbaut wurde.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.