Herold
[ˈheːʁɔlt]
The verdict
“Herold” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,981
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausrufer, Bote eines Lehnsmannes im Mittelalter
Corpus desk
Index DE-herold · Herold · German
Herold · rank #23,981 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,981
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heimreise
Nearest frequency peer: Heimreise (-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 „Herold“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- heikel
heikel
76,022 corpus weight
- Heimreise
Heimreise
76,021 corpus weight
- Herold
Herold
76,020 corpus weight
- hilfreiche
hilfreiche
76,019 corpus weight
- himmlischen
himmlischen
76,018 corpus weight
- Hinrunde
Hinrunde
76,017 corpus weight
What this shows „Herold“ 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 | Herold |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːʁɔlt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Herold“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Herold (IPA [ˈheːʁɔlt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,981 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herold, with forms such as "ehrold", "heorld", and "herlod". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "hold", "Held", "Herd", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Herold, spelled H-E-R-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Ausrufer, Bote eines Lehnsmannes im Mittelalter
- 2nachdrücklicher Verfechter einer Sache
- 3Wappenkundiger bei Hofe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Herolde herolden (verkündeten) im ganzen Land die Geburt des Erben des Königreiches.
„Nach dieser Kundgabe des Opferzweckes bat der Herold, die zahlreichen Gebetsurkunden und Zaubersprüche, die ausgelegt worden waren, Stück für Stück zu überlassen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrold
- heorld
- herlod
- herodl
- heroldd
- herolld
- herrold
- hherold
- hreold
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herold - 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 "Herold", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).