Harley
[ˈhaːli]
The verdict
“Harley” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,730
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Firma Harley-Davidson hergestelltes Motorrad
Corpus desk
Index DE-harley · Harley · German
Harley · rank #16,730 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,730
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hardy
Nearest frequency peer: hardy (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Harley“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gros
Gros
83,274 corpus weight
- Grundschulen
Grundschulen
83,273 corpus weight
- hardy
hardy
83,272 corpus weight
- Harley
Harley
83,271 corpus weight
- hingelegt
hingelegt
83,270 corpus weight
- holst
holst
83,269 corpus weight
What this shows „Harley“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im 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 | Harley |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaːli] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Harley“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Harley (IPA [ˈhaːli]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,730 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von der Firma Harley-Davidson hergestelltes Motorrad".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Harley, with forms such as "ahrley", "halrey", and "harely". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "harry", "härte", "harter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Harley, spelled H-A-R-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1von der Firma Harley-Davidson hergestelltes Motorrad
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihn reizten vielmehr die Burschen, die auf Harleys oder mit aufgemotzten Pick-ups anrauschten.“
„Man sollte nicht glauben, dass sich ein so großer Mann auf ein Motorrad zwängen kann, selbst eine gewaltige, tuckernde Harley wie diese.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrley
- halrey
- harely
- harleyy
- harlley
- harlye
- harrley
- hharley
- hraley
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Harley - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Harley", 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).