Herrscherin

[ˈhɛʁʃəʁɪn]

/[ˈhɛʁʃəʁɪn]/ noun

The verdict

“Herrscherin” is uncommon German (frequency #50,556 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,556
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das weibliche Oberhaupt eines Stammes, Volkes, Reiches oder Landes

Corpus desk

Index DE-herrscherin · Herrscherin · German

Herrscherin · rank #50,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,556
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Herodot

Nearest frequency peer: Herodot (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Herrscherin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herrscherin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herrscherin
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerrscherin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɛʁʃəʁɪn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,556
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Herrscherin“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Herrscherinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Herodot“ (#50,555), „hervorhebt“ (#50,558), „herausgeholt“ (#50,553). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herrscherin“ bei #50,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herrscherin is uncommon German at frequency #50,556 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁʃəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das weibliche Oberhaupt eines Stammes, Volkes, Reiches oder Landes".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Herrscherin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Herrscherin, spelled H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das weibliche Oberhaupt eines Stammes, Volkes, Reiches oder Landes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Herrscherin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Katharina die Große war eine starke Herrscherin.
  2. „Die neue Herrscherin will ihre Landsleute wohl erst an die Vorstellung gewöhnen, eine Frau auf dem Thron zu sehen.“

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Herrscherin"?
"Herrscherin" is spelled H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛʁʃəʁɪn].
What does "Herrscherin" mean?
As a noun, "Herrscherin" means: das weibliche Oberhaupt eines Stammes, Volkes, Reiches oder Landes
How do you pronounce "Herrscherin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herrscherin" is [ˈhɛʁʃəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herrscherin" come from?
"Herrscherin" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herrscherin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list