Herzenswunsch
[ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌvʊnʃ]
The verdict
“Herzenswunsch” is uncommon German (frequency #59,728 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,728
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jemandem besonders am Herzen liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzenswunsch · Herzenswunsch · German
Herzenswunsch · rank #59,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,728
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH herumstehen
Nearest frequency peer: herumstehen (-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 “Herzenswunsch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- heldenhaft
heldenhaft
40,277 corpus weight
- herumstehen
herumstehen
40,274 corpus weight
- Herzenswuns…
Herzenswunsch
40,273 corpus weight
- Herzschritt…
Herzschrittmacher
40,272 corpus weight
- hingearbeit…
hingearbeitet
40,271 corpus weight
- Hofladen
Hofladen
40,268 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Herzenswunsch” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzenswunsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌvʊnʃ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #59,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Herzenswunsch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Herzenswunsch is uncommon German at frequency #59,728 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌvʊnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jemandem besonders am Herzen liegt".
Herzenswunsch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Herzenswunsch, spelled H-E-R-Z-E-N-S-W-U-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jemandem besonders am Herzen liegt
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herzenswunsch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.