Häkchen
[ˈhɛːkçən]
The verdict
“Häkchen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,842
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner oder winziger Haken
Corpus desk
Index DE-hakchen · Häkchen · German
Häkchen · rank #35,842 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,842
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hydra
Nearest frequency peer: Hydra (-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 “Häkchen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- huhu
huhu
64,163 corpus weight
- Hydra
Hydra
64,160 corpus weight
- Häkchen
Häkchen
64,159 corpus weight
- hängende
hängende
64,158 corpus weight
- höllisch
höllisch
64,157 corpus weight
- Ideales
Ideales
64,156 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Häkchen” 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 | Häkchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛːkçən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Häkchen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Häkchen (IPA [ˈhɛːkçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,842 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Häkchen, with forms such as "hhäkchen", "hkächen", and "häckhen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Haken", "Höschen", "Häuschen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Häkchen, spelled H-Ä-K-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner oder winziger Haken
- 2bei Buchstaben oder Noten: umgangssprachlicher Oberbegriff für kleine Ergänzungen am Zeichen
- 3Schriftzeichen für: erledigt oder richtig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Häkchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zum Anprobieren schließen Sie das mittlere Häkchen. Wenn der BH so passt, haben Sie Spielraum in beide Richtungen.“
„Nähe den Druckknopf und die Schließe (Häkchen und Öse) an die markierten Stellen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhäkchen
- hkächen
- häckhen
- häkcchen
- häkcehn
- häkchenn
- häkchhen
- häkchne
- häkhcen
- häkkchen
- ähkchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Häkchen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Häkchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Häkchen". Here's where to go from here.
- "Häkchen" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Haken". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #35,842 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.