Henry
[ˈhɛnʁi]
The verdict
“Henry” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,454 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,454
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einheit der Induktivität
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 | Henry |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛnʁi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Henry” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Henry is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɛnʁi]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,454 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Einheit der Induktivität".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Henry, with forms such as "ehnry", "hennry", and "henrry". 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, "her", "hey", "Herr", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Henry, spelled H-E-N-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Einheit der Induktivität
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehnry,hennry,henrry,henryy,henyr,herny,hhenry,hnery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Henry - 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 “Henry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-N-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɛnʁi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “her” - see the side-by-side comparison. Henry vs her
- 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.