herrschten
[ˈhɛʁʃtn̩]
The verdict
“herrschten” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,243
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs herrschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herrschten · herrschten · German
herrschten · rank #28,243 · 15 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,243
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Herausforderer
Nearest frequency peer: Herausforderer (-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 „herrschten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hentai
Hentai
71,760 corpus weight
- Herausforde…
Herausforderer
71,759 corpus weight
- herrschten
herrschten
71,758 corpus weight
- Himalaya
Himalaya
71,757 corpus weight
- Hindenburg
Hindenburg
71,756 corpus weight
- hingehört
hingehört
71,755 corpus weight
What this shows „herrschten“ 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 | herrschten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁʃtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #28,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „herrschten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around herrschten (IPA [ˈhɛʁʃtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,243 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for herrschten, with forms such as "ehrrschten", "herrcshten", and "herrscchten". 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, "herrscht", "Herrchen", "herrsche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 herrschten, spelled H-E-R-R-S-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs herrschen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs herrschen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs herrschen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs herrschen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrrschten
- herrcshten
- herrscchten
- herrschetn
- herrschhten
- herrschtenn
- herrschtne
- herrschtten
- herrscthen
- herrshcten
- herrsschten
- herschten
- hersrchten
- hherrschten
- hrerschten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herrschten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "herrschten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).