häufiger
[ˈhɔɪ̯fɪɡɐ]
The verdict
“häufiger” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,969
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs häufig
Corpus desk
Index DE-haufiger · häufiger · German
häufiger · rank #2,969 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,969
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hose
Nearest frequency peer: Hose (-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 “häufiger”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- heutige
heutige
97,035 corpus weight
- Hose
Hose
97,033 corpus weight
- häufiger
häufiger
97,032 corpus weight
- Info
Info
97,031 corpus weight
- inklusive
inklusive
97,030 corpus weight
- innere
innere
97,029 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “häufiger” 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 | häufiger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɔɪ̯fɪɡɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “häufiger” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around häufiger (IPA [ˈhɔɪ̯fɪɡɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,969 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for häufiger, with forms such as "hhäufiger", "huäfiger", and "häfuiger". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "heutiger", "häufiges", "häufig", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is häufiger, spelled H-Ä-U-F-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs häufig
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs häufig
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs häufig
- 4Genitiv Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs häufig
- 5Nominativ Singular Positiv Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs häufig
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhäufiger
- huäfiger
- häfuiger
- häuffiger
- häufgier
- häufiegr
- häufigerr
- häufigger
- häufigre
- häuifger
- ähufiger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of häufiger - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "häufiger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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 "häufiger". Here's where to go from here.
- "häufiger" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "heutiger". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,969 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.