Herberge
[ˈhɛʁbɛʁɡə]
The verdict
“Herberge” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,703
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterkunft für Reisende
Corpus desk
Index DE-herberge · Herberge · German
Herberge · rank #28,703 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,703
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heldt
Nearest frequency peer: Heldt (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Herberge“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- heb
heb
71,301 corpus weight
- Heimatmuseum
Heimatmuseum
71,300 corpus weight
- Heldt
Heldt
71,299 corpus weight
- Herberge
Herberge
71,298 corpus weight
- Herbstferien
Herbstferien
71,297 corpus weight
- Herzberg
Herzberg
71,296 corpus weight
What this shows „Herberge“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Herberge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁbɛʁɡə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Herberge“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Herberge (IPA [ˈhɛʁbɛʁɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,703 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unterkunft für Reisende".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herberge, with forms such as "ehrberge", "hebrerge", and "herbberge". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Herbert", "Herzberg", "herber", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Herberge, spelled H-E-R-B-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Unterkunft für Reisende
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herberge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir gingen zurück in die Herberge, um zu schlafen.
„Bewiesen ist auch, dass schon damals unterhalb der Burg eine Herberge den Fahrensleuten und Einheimischen ausgezeichnetes Quartier und beste Speisung bot: der Klausenhof.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrberge
- hebrerge
- herbberge
- herbegre
- herbereg
- herbergge
- herberrge
- herbrege
- herebrge
- herrberge
- hherberge
- hreberge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herberge - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herberge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).