heranwachsen
[hɛˈʁanˌvaksn̩]
The verdict
“heranwachsen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,729
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bis in den Zustand der Reife wachsen
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 | heranwachsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁanˌvaksn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #46,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heranwachsen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around heranwachsen (IPA [hɛˈʁanˌvaksn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,729 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bis in den Zustand der Reife wachsen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for heranwachsen, with forms such as "ehranwachsen", "hearnwachsen", and "heranawchsen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "heranwachsende", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is heranwachsen, spelled H-E-R-A-N-W-A-C-H-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1bis in den Zustand der Reife wachsen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehranwachsen
- hearnwachsen
- heranawchsen
- herannwachsen
- heranwacchsen
- heranwachesn
- heranwachhsen
- heranwachsenn
- heranwachsne
- heranwachssen
- heranwacshen
- heranwahcsen
- heranwcahsen
- heranwwachsen
- herawnachsen
- hernawachsen
- herranwachsen
- hheranwachsen
- hreanwachsen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heranwachsen - 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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Using “heranwachsen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-A-N-W-A-C-H-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɛˈʁanˌvaksn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “heranwachsende” - see the side-by-side comparison. heranwachsen vs heranwachsende
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.