Henne
[ˈhɛnə]
The verdict
“Henne” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,286 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,286
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiblicher Vogel (insbesondere bei Hühnern)
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 | Henne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛnə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Henne” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Henne is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɛnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,286 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vogel (insbesondere bei Hühnern)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Henne, with forms such as "ehnne", "hene", and "henen". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "here", "Hexe", "Heute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Henne, spelled H-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vogel (insbesondere bei Hühnern)
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehnne,hene,henen,hhenne,hnene
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Henne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Henne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɛnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “here” - see the side-by-side comparison. Henne vs here
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.