Hentai
[ˈhɛntaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Hentai” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,241 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,241
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Genre mit pornographischem Hintergrund, das vorwiegend als Manga, Anime oder Erogē umgesetzt wird
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 | Hentai |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛntaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hentai” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hentai is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɛntaɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,241 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Genre mit pornographischem Hintergrund, das vorwiegend als Manga, Anime oder Erogē umgesetzt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hentai, with forms such as "ehntai", "henati", and "henntai". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Henri", "Hektar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hentai, spelled H-E-N-T-A-I.
Definition
- 1ein Genre mit pornographischem Hintergrund, das vorwiegend als Manga, Anime oder Erogē umgesetzt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehntai,henati,henntai,hentia,henttai,hetnai,hhentai,hnetai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hentai - 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 “Hentai”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-N-T-A-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɛntaɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Henri” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hentai vs Henri
- 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.