hervorragend
[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩t]
The verdict
“hervorragend” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,495
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich deutlich vom Standard positiv abhebend, im Sinne von besonders gut
Corpus desk
Index DE-hervorragend · hervorragend · German
hervorragend · rank #5,495 · 17 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,495
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH illegal
Nearest frequency peer: illegal (+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 “hervorragend”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gewährt
gewährt
94,509 corpus weight
- gewöhnlich
gewöhnlich
94,508 corpus weight
- hervorragend
hervorragend
94,506 corpus weight
- illegal
illegal
94,505 corpus weight
- Inhaber
Inhaber
94,504 corpus weight
- inhaltlich
inhaltlich
94,503 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hervorragend” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | hervorragend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #5,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “hervorragend” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around hervorragend (IPA [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,495 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich deutlich vom Standard positiv abhebend, im Sinne von besonders gut".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for hervorragend, with forms such as "ehrvorragend", "herovrragend", and "herrvorragend". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "hervorragende", "hervorragenden", "hervorragender", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hervorragend, spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-R-A-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1sich deutlich vom Standard positiv abhebend, im Sinne von besonders gut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hervorragend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ottokar ist ein hervorragender Klavierspieler.
Dein Abschlusszeugnis ist hervorragend.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrvorragend
- herovrragend
- herrvorragend
- hervoragend
- hervorargend
- hervorraegnd
- hervorragedn
- hervorragendd
- hervorragennd
- hervorraggend
- hervorragned
- hervorrgaend
- hervroragend
- hervvorragend
- hevrorragend
- hhervorragend
- hrevorragend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hervorragend - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "hervorragend", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "hervorragend" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hervorragende". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,495 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.