hehren
[ˈheːʁən]
The verdict
“hehren” is uncommon German (frequency #85,355 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,355
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
Corpus desk
Index DE-hehren · hehren · German
hehren · rank #85,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,355
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Hedonismus
Nearest frequency peer: Hedonismus (-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 “hehren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- HDTV
HDTV
14,648 corpus weight
- Hedonismus
Hedonismus
14,647 corpus weight
- hehren
hehren
14,646 corpus weight
- Heimatvertr…
Heimatvertriebenen
14,644 corpus weight
- herausfallen
herausfallen
14,643 corpus weight
- herausforde…
herausfordernden
14,642 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hehren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hehren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈheːʁən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hehren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hehren is uncommon German at frequency #85,355 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈheːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.
hehren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hehren, spelled H-E-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hehr
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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.