Hacker
[ˈhɛkɐ]
The verdict
“Hacker” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,218
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Computerspezialist, der insbesondere Sicherheitsbarrieren überwinden und, meistens unerlaubt, in fremde Systeme eindringen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-hacker · Hacker · German
Hacker · rank #8,218 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,218
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Gürtel
Nearest frequency peer: Gürtel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hacker”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Grundstücke
Grundstücke
91,786 corpus weight
- gönnen
gönnen
91,785 corpus weight
- Gürtel
Gürtel
91,784 corpus weight
- Hacker
Hacker
91,783 corpus weight
- Heiko
Heiko
91,782 corpus weight
- herausfinden
herausfinden
91,781 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hacker” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Hacker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛkɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Hacker” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hacker (IPA [ˈhɛkɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,218 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hacker, with forms such as "ahcker", "haccker", and "hacekr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Haken", "Hecke", "Hafer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hacker, spelled H-A-C-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Computerspezialist, der insbesondere Sicherheitsbarrieren überwinden und, meistens unerlaubt, in fremde Systeme eindringen kann
- 2Person mit außergewöhnlich guten Fähigkeiten in ihrem Fachgebiet, oder allgemein für ein Improvisationstalent
- 3Entwickler von freier Software, die ihren Quellcode offenlegen, werden pauschal als Hacker betitelt, was einen Ausdruck des Respekts für deren ethische Einstellung gegenüber der Gesellschaft darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hacker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pro-palästinensische Hacker haben erneut gezielt Webseiten in Israel angegriffen.
Hacker können so Nachrichten unter Ihrem Namen verschicken und empfangen – und sogar den Account übernehmen, ohne dass Sie etwas dagegen tun können.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahcker
- haccker
- hacekr
- hackerr
- hackker
- hackre
- hakcer
- hcaker
- hhacker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hacker - 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 "Hacker", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Hacker" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Haken". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,218 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.