Harald

/[ˈhaʁalt]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,895

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Harald is aGermanname. It means: männlicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈhaʁalt]. It ranks #4,895 in German word frequency. Often confused with hard and Haram.

Key facts for Harald
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarald
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈhaʁalt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,895
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Harald in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Harald is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaʁalt]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,895 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "männlicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Harald, with forms such as "ahrald", "haarld", and "haradl". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "hard", "Haram", "Herold", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Harald, spelled H-A-R-A-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahrald,haarld,haradl,haraldd,haralld,harlad,harrald,hharald,hraald

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Harald

Misspelling Variants of "Harald"

ahrald6haarld6haradl6haraldd7haralld7harlad6harrald7hharald7
Misspelling Variants of "Harald"

Frequency rank: #4,895 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Harald"?
"Harald" is spelled H-A-R-A-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁalt].
What does "Harald" mean?
As a name, "Harald" means: männlicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Harald"?
"Harald" is commonly confused with "hard", "Haram", "Herold". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Harald"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Harald" is [ˈhaʁalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Harald" come from?
"Harald" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.