Headhunter
[ˈhɛtˌhantɐ]
The verdict
“Headhunter” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,168
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person, die gesuchte Fachkräfte an Arbeitgeber vermittelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-headhunter · Headhunter · German
Headhunter · rank #38,168 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,168
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hechingen
Nearest frequency peer: Hechingen (+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 „Headhunter“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hardliner
Hardliner
61,836 corpus weight
- Hattrick
Hattrick
61,835 corpus weight
- Headhunter
Headhunter
61,833 corpus weight
- Hechingen
Hechingen
61,832 corpus weight
- Heilkunde
Heilkunde
61,831 corpus weight
- Heimatschutz
Heimatschutz
61,830 corpus weight
What this shows „Headhunter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Headhunter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛtˌhantɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Headhunter“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Headhunter (IPA [ˈhɛtˌhantɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,168 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Person, die gesuchte Fachkräfte an Arbeitgeber vermittelt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Headhunter, with forms such as "ehadhunter", "haedhunter", and "headdhunter". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Headhunter, spelled H-E-A-D-H-U-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Person, die gesuchte Fachkräfte an Arbeitgeber vermittelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Headhunter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Anfang reagierte sie noch wie üblich: Sie rief Headhunter an, die sie in Vorstellungsgespräche brachten; sie baute auf ihr Netzwerk, aber es war vorbei, keiner konnte mehr irgendwem helfen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehadhunter
- haedhunter
- headdhunter
- headhhunter
- headhnuter
- headhunetr
- headhunnter
- headhunterr
- headhuntre
- headhuntter
- headhutner
- headuhnter
- heahdunter
- hedahunter
- hheadhunter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Headhunter - 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 "Headhunter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).