herrschen
[ˈhɛʁʃn̩]
The verdict
“herrschen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,044
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Macht über jemand oder etwas ausüben
Corpus desk
Index DE-herrschen · herrschen · German
herrschen · rank #9,044 · 13 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,044
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Herd
Nearest frequency peer: Herd (-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 „herrschen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Harmonie
Harmonie
90,960 corpus weight
- helft
helft
90,959 corpus weight
- Herd
Herd
90,958 corpus weight
- herrschen
herrschen
90,957 corpus weight
- hetze
hetze
90,956 corpus weight
- Heulen
Heulen
90,955 corpus weight
What this shows „herrschen“ 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 | herrschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁʃn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „herrschen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around herrschen (IPA [ˈhɛʁʃn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,044 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for herrschen, with forms such as "ehrrschen", "herrcshen", and "herrscchen". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "herrscht", "Herzchen", "Herrscher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herrschen, spelled H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Macht über jemand oder etwas ausüben
- 2deutlich sichtbar, auffallend vorhanden sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herrschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In einem Königreich herrscht der König.
Seit fast 50 Jahren herrscht die Familie Gnassingbe im afrikanischen Togo, erst der Vater, jetzt der Sohn. Und Faure Gnassingbe hat gute Chancen, bei der Präsidentenwahl wiedergewählt zu werden.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrrschen
- herrcshen
- herrscchen
- herrscehn
- herrschenn
- herrschhen
- herrschne
- herrshcen
- herrsschen
- herschen
- hersrchen
- hherrschen
- hrerschen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herrschen - 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 "herrschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).