Herbizide
[hɛʁbiˈt͡siːdə]
The verdict
“Herbizide” is uncommon German (frequency #82,876 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,876
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Herbizid
Corpus desk
Index DE-herbizide · Herbizide · German
Herbizide · rank #82,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,876
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Henrys
Nearest frequency peer: Henrys (-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 “Herbizide”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Heimtrainer
Heimtrainer
17,129 corpus weight
- hellt
hellt
17,128 corpus weight
- Henrys
Henrys
17,126 corpus weight
- Herbizide
Herbizide
17,125 corpus weight
- herstellten
herstellten
17,124 corpus weight
- hervorgeruf…
hervorgerufene
17,123 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Herbizide” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herbizide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɛʁbiˈt͡siːdə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Herbizide” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Herbizide is uncommon German at frequency #82,876 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɛʁbiˈt͡siːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Herbizide in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Herbizide, spelled H-E-R-B-I-Z-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Herbizid
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Herbizid
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Herbizid
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Herbizid
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herbizide", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.