Hegau
[ˈheːɡaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Hegau” is uncommon German (frequency #60,652 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,652
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Landschaft am Bodensee, zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz
Corpus desk
Index DE-hegau · Hegau · German
Hegau · rank #60,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,652
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Hefeteig
Nearest frequency peer: Hefeteig (-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 “Hegau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Haydns
Haydns
39,353 corpus weight
- hedge
hedge
39,351 corpus weight
- Hefeteig
Hefeteig
39,350 corpus weight
- Hegau
Hegau
39,349 corpus weight
- Hegels
Hegels
39,348 corpus weight
- Heiligenhaus
Heiligenhaus
39,347 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hegau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hegau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːɡaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hegau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hegau is uncommon German at frequency #60,652 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈheːɡaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Landschaft am Bodensee, zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hegau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hegau, spelled H-E-G-A-U.
Definition
- 1Landschaft am Bodensee, zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz
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 May 6, 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 "Hegau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.