Erhöhung
\ɛr.ˈhøː.ʊŋ\
The verdict
“Erhöhung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmentation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erhohung · Erhöhung · French
Erhöhung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Erhöhung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛr.ˈhøː.ʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Erhöhung » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Erhöhung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛr.ˈhøː.ʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Augmentation.".
Erhöhung has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Erhöhung, spelled E-R-H-Ö-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Augmentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Erhöhung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Schweizer Wahlvolk hat die Erhöhung der Mehrwertsteuer gebilligt.
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.