Herde
[ˈheːɐ̯də]
The verdict
“Herde” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,505 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,505
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “Herde” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Herde is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈheːɐ̯də]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,505 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “Herde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈheːɐ̯də] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Herr” - see the side-by-side comparison. Herde vs Herr
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.