Heften
[ˈhɛftn̩]
The verdict
“Heften” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,112
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Heft
Corpus desk
Index DE-heften · Heften · German
Heften · rank #30,112 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,112
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hierarchien
Nearest frequency peer: Hierarchien (+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 „Heften“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hartung
Hartung
69,892 corpus weight
- Harzer
Harzer
69,891 corpus weight
- Heften
Heften
69,889 corpus weight
- Hierarchien
Hierarchien
69,888 corpus weight
- hingeben
hingeben
69,887 corpus weight
- hinziehen
hinziehen
69,886 corpus weight
What this shows „Heften“ 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 | Heften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛftn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Heften“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Heften (IPA [ˈhɛftn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,112 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Heft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Heften, with forms such as "ehften", "hefetn", and "hefften". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Heute", "Hexen", "Hüfte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Heften, spelled H-E-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Heft
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehften
- hefetn
- hefften
- heftenn
- heftne
- heftten
- hetfen
- hfeten
- hheften
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Heften - 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 "Heften", 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).