Heringen
[ˈheːʁɪŋən]
The verdict
“Heringen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,498 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,498
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-heringen · Heringen · German
Heringen · rank #62,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,498
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH herausfordert
Nearest frequency peer: herausfordert (-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 “Heringen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Helmpflicht
Helmpflicht
37,507 corpus weight
- herausarbei…
herausarbeiten
37,505 corpus weight
- herausforde…
herausfordert
37,504 corpus weight
- Heringen
Heringen
37,503 corpus weight
- herkommst
herkommst
37,502 corpus weight
- hervortreten
hervortreten
37,501 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Heringen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Heringen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Heringen is uncommon German at frequency #62,498 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈheːʁɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Heringen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heringen, spelled H-E-R-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
- 2eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
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 "Heringen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.