hellhörig
[ˈhɛlˌhøːʁɪç]
The verdict
“hellhörig” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,021
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein sehr gutes Gehör habend; auf etwas aufmerksam werdend, misstrauisch werdend
Corpus desk
Index DE-hellhorig · hellhörig · German
hellhörig · rank #46,021 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,021
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hellgrau
Nearest frequency peer: hellgrau (-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 „hellhörig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hauptperson
Hauptperson
53,984 corpus weight
- heftigem
heftigem
53,983 corpus weight
- hellgrau
hellgrau
53,981 corpus weight
- hellhörig
hellhörig
53,980 corpus weight
- herausgebil…
herausgebildet
53,977 corpus weight
- hergezogen
hergezogen
53,976 corpus weight
What this shows „hellhörig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hellhörig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɛlˌhøːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hellhörig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around hellhörig (IPA [ˈhɛlˌhøːʁɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,021 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hellhörig, with forms such as "ehllhörig", "helhlörig", and "helhörig". 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 confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hellhörig, spelled H-E-L-L-H-Ö-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1ein sehr gutes Gehör habend; auf etwas aufmerksam werdend, misstrauisch werdend
- 2den Schall (in Gebäuden, Räumlichkeiten, durch Wänden oder dergleichen) leicht durchdringen lassend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hellhörig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wer einen tönenden Ton hört, ist taub, wer dagegen einen nichttönenden hört, ist hellhörig. Wer weder taub noch hellhörig ist, steht mit dem Geist in Verbindung.“
bildlich: „Die Berliner sind in diesen Wochen übermäßig hellhörig für politische Obertöne.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehllhörig
- helhlörig
- helhörig
- hellhhörig
- hellhröig
- hellhöirg
- hellhörgi
- hellhörigg
- hellhörrig
- hellöhrig
- hhellhörig
- hlelhörig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hellhörig - 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
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