Hersfeld
[ˈhɛʁsfɛlt]
The verdict
“Hersfeld” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,934
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-hersfeld · Hersfeld · German
Hersfeld · rank #17,934 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,934
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heile
Nearest frequency peer: heile (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hersfeld”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hebamme
Hebamme
82,070 corpus weight
- heels
heels
82,069 corpus weight
- heile
heile
82,068 corpus weight
- Hersfeld
Hersfeld
82,067 corpus weight
- HH
HH
82,066 corpus weight
- Hinterland
Hinterland
82,065 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hersfeld” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hersfeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁsfɛlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hersfeld” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Hersfeld (IPA [ˈhɛʁsfɛlt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,934 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hersfeld, with forms such as "ehrsfeld", "herfseld", and "herrsfeld". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Hersfeld, spelled H-E-R-S-F-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hersfeld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Hersfeld wurde im Jahr 769 ein Benediktinerkloster gegründet.
Die schriftlich überlieferte Geschichte Bad Hersfelds begann mit dem Mönch Sturmius.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrsfeld
- herfseld
- herrsfeld
- hersefld
- hersfedl
- hersfeldd
- hersfelld
- hersffeld
- hersfled
- herssfeld
- hesrfeld
- hhersfeld
- hresfeld
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hersfeld - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,934 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.