erhöhen
\ɛɐ̯ˈhøːən\
The verdict
“erhöhen” 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) - Rehausser, accroître, augmenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erhohen · erhöhen · French
erhöhen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | erhöhen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈhøːən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « erhöhen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
erhöhen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈhøːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
erhöhen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is erhöhen, spelled E-R-H-Ö-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Rehausser, accroître, augmenter.
- 2Augmenter, s'intensifier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erhöhen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(...) die funktionierende digitale Vernetzung trägt erheblich zur ukrainischen Gegenwehr bei. Die Bilder und Videos aus den zerbombten Städten fachen die internationale Diskussion an, erhöhen zugunsten der Ukraine den Druck der Öffentlichkeit in den liberalen Demokratien Europas und sickern sogar ins zensierte Russland ein.
Nicht weil die Unversehrtheit die weibliche Jungfräulichkeit symbolisiert, fasziniert sie den Mann, sondern seine Liebe zur Unversehrtheit erhöht für ihn den Wert der Jungfräulichkeit.
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.