hervor

/[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,205

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

hervor is anGermanadv. It means: von hinten nach vorn; in Richtung des Sprechenden Pronounced [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯]. It ranks #2,205 in German word frequency. Often confused with Herzog and Horror.

Key facts for hervor
PropertyValue
Headwordhervor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,205
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hervor in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hervor is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,205 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von hinten nach vorn; in Richtung des Sprechenden".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hervor, with forms such as "ehrvor", "herovr", and "herrvor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Herzog", "Horror", "Herr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hervor, spelled H-E-R-V-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von hinten nach vorn; in Richtung des Sprechenden

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehrvor,herovr,herrvor,hervorr,hervro,hervvor,hevror,hhervor,hrevor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hervor

Misspelling Variants of "hervor"

ehrvor6herovr6herrvor7hervorr7hervro6hervvor7hevror6hhervor7
Misspelling Variants of "hervor"

Frequency rank: #2,205 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hervor"?
"hervor" is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯].
What does "hervor" mean?
As an adv, "hervor" means: von hinten nach vorn; in Richtung des Sprechenden
What words are commonly confused with "hervor"?
"hervor" is commonly confused with "Herzog", "Horror", "Herr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hervor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hervor" is [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hervor" come from?
"hervor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.