herangewachsen
[hɛˈʁanɡəˌvaksn̩]
The verdict
“herangewachsen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,657 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,657
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs heranwachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herangewachsen · herangewachsen · German
herangewachsen · rank #60,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,657
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH heldenhaften
Nearest frequency peer: heldenhaften (-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 “herangewachsen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Heiligenhaus
Heiligenhaus
39,347 corpus weight
- heldenhaften
heldenhaften
39,345 corpus weight
- herangewach…
herangewachsen
39,344 corpus weight
- herannahend…
herannahenden
39,343 corpus weight
- herausgibt
herausgibt
39,342 corpus weight
- Heringe
Heringe
39,341 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “herangewachsen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herangewachsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁanɡəˌvaksn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #60,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “herangewachsen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
herangewachsen is uncommon German at frequency #60,657 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁanɡəˌvaksn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs heranwachsen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for herangewachsen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is herangewachsen, spelled H-E-R-A-N-G-E-W-A-C-H-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs heranwachsen
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herangewachsen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 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.