haarig
[ˈhaːʁɪç]
The verdict
“haarig” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,951
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (dichtes) Haar habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-haarig · haarig · German
haarig · rank #48,951 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,951
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Göttinnen
Nearest frequency peer: Göttinnen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “haarig”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Grundstückes
Grundstückes
51,055 corpus weight
- Grünzeug
Grünzeug
51,053 corpus weight
- Göttinnen
Göttinnen
51,051 corpus weight
- haarig
haarig
51,050 corpus weight
- haarscharf
haarscharf
51,049 corpus weight
- hardi
hardi
51,046 corpus weight
What this shows “haarig” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haarig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “haarig” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around haarig (IPA [ˈhaːʁɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,951 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for haarig, with forms such as "aharig", "haairg", and "haargi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "häufig", "Harris", "hastig", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is haarig, spelled H-A-A-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1(dichtes) Haar habend
- 2schwierig sein
- 3peinlich, unangenehm
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haarig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte haarige, ungewaschene Füße.
„Der Anblick einer haarigen Spinne, die sich auf einem Palmenstamm sonnte,erfüllte ihn mit Schrecken und Glück.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aharig
- haairg
- haargi
- haarigg
- haarrig
- haraig
- harig
- hhaarig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haarig - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "haarig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).