Herde
[ˈheːɐ̯də]
The verdict
“Herde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,505
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gruppe von meist größeren Säugetieren der gleichen Art, die im losen oder sozialisierten Verband (mit Ausbildung einer Rangordnung) leben; Gruppen von flugunfähigen Vögeln und Gruppen verschiedener...
Corpus desk
Index DE-herde · Herde · German
Herde · rank #12,505 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,505
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH haften
Nearest frequency peer: haften (-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 „Herde“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- geweint
geweint
87,499 corpus weight
- God
God
87,498 corpus weight
- haften
haften
87,497 corpus weight
- Herde
Herde
87,496 corpus weight
- Herrschaften
Herrschaften
87,495 corpus weight
- Hunt
Hunt
87,494 corpus weight
What this shows „Herde“ 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 | Herde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːɐ̯də] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Herde“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Herde (IPA [ˈheːɐ̯də]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,505 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gruppe von meist größeren Säugetieren der gleichen Art, die im losen oder sozialisierten Verband (mit Ausbildung einer Rangordnung) leben; Gruppen von flugunfähigen Vögeln und Gruppen verschiedener...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herde, with forms such as "ehrde", "hedre", and "herdde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Herr", "Herz", "höre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Herde, spelled H-E-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Gruppe von meist größeren Säugetieren der gleichen Art, die im losen oder sozialisierten Verband (mit Ausbildung einer Rangordnung) leben; Gruppen von flugunfähigen Vögeln und Gruppen verschiedener Arten kommen ebenfalls in Herden vor
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im oberen Iseretale, wo sie sehr häufig sind, leben die Kretinen mit den Herden, die zu hüten man sie abgerichtet hat, im Freien.
Zwölf Orte stehen komplett unter Wasser, die Behausungen Hunderter Familien wurden von den Fluten einfach weggeschwemmt, Herden sind verloren gegangen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrde
- hedre
- herdde
- hered
- herrde
- hherde
- hrede
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herde - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herde", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).