herrje
[hɛʁˈjeː]
The verdict
“herrje” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,098
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf der Verwunderung oder des Entsetzens
Corpus desk
Index DE-herrje · herrje · German
herrje · rank #31,098 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,098
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hausverwaltung
Nearest frequency peer: Hausverwaltung (-3 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 „herrje“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- haust
haust
68,908 corpus weight
- Hausverbot
Hausverbot
68,907 corpus weight
- Hausverwalt…
Hausverwaltung
68,906 corpus weight
- herrje
herrje
68,903 corpus weight
- hoben
hoben
68,900 corpus weight
- Hochachtung
Hochachtung
68,899 corpus weight
What this shows „herrje“ 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 | herrje |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [hɛʁˈjeː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „herrje“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around herrje (IPA [hɛʁˈjeː]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #31,098 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ausruf der Verwunderung oder des Entsetzens".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for herrje, with forms such as "ehrrje", "herje", and "herjre". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Herrn", "Herr", "here", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is herrje, spelled H-E-R-R-J-E.
Definition
- 1Ausruf der Verwunderung oder des Entsetzens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herrje appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kanzler lud eigens zum Statement in sein Amt um diktierte den bedröppelten Journalisten in die Blöcke: Er sei traurig. Ach herrje!
Zara und H&M, Starbucks und McDonalds, Adidas und Nike – herrje, warum habe ich Hektoliter Kerosin und mehrere Kubikmeter Atemluft meiner Mitreisenden verbraucht, um mich in einer x-beliebigen Fußgängerzone wiederzufinden – in der gleichen Trostlosigkeit wie man sie aus Hagen oder von der Prager Straße in Dresden kennt.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrrje
- herje
- herjre
- herrej
- herrjje
- hherrje
- hrerje
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herrje - 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 "herrje", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).