Erklärung
\ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːʁʊŋ\
The verdict
“Erklärung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déclaration, proclamation, communiqué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erklarung · Erklärung · French
Erklärung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Erklärung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːʁʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Erklärung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːʁʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Erklärung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Erklärung, spelled E-R-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Déclaration, proclamation, communiqué.
- 2Explication.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erklärung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erklärung ist stark vom Gedankengut der französischen Aufklärung, namentlich von Montesquieu und Rousseau, geprägt.
Danke für die Erklärung.
Synonyms
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.