Harsch
[haʁʃ]
The verdict
“Harsch” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,767
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oberflächenkruste auf der Schneedecke, die durch Antauen und Frieren entstanden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-harsch · Harsch · German
Harsch · rank #49,767 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,767
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH harmonisches
Nearest frequency peer: harmonisches (-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 “Harsch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- handschrift…
handschriftliche
50,237 corpus weight
- Hardcover
Hardcover
50,236 corpus weight
- harmonisches
harmonisches
50,235 corpus weight
- Harsch
Harsch
50,234 corpus weight
- Haselnüsse
Haselnüsse
50,233 corpus weight
- Hauptstädte
Hauptstädte
50,231 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Harsch” 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 | Harsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haʁʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Harsch” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Harsch (IPA [haʁʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,767 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Oberflächenkruste auf der Schneedecke, die durch Antauen und Frieren entstanden ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Harsch, with forms such as "ahrsch", "harcsh", and "harrsch". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "hash", "Hauch", "husch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Harsch, spelled H-A-R-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Oberflächenkruste auf der Schneedecke, die durch Antauen und Frieren entstanden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Harsch kann es passieren, dass die Oberfläche so dicht ist, dass die Hirsche verhungern.
„Pétur hat das Pferd in einiger Entfernung vom Hof oder eigentlich von der Kate angehalten, denn Uppsalir macht im Harsch einen recht bescheidenen Eindruck.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrsch
- harcsh
- harrsch
- harscch
- harschh
- harshc
- harssch
- hasrch
- hharsch
- hrasch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Harsch - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Harsch", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Harsch". Here's where to go from here.
- "Harsch" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hash". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #49,767 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.