herzhaft
[ˈhɛʁt͡shaft]
The verdict
“herzhaft” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,087
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Ausprägung her stark und intensiv, mit Kraft, von großem Ausmaß
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzhaft · herzhaft · German
herzhaft · rank #32,087 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,087
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH herbe
Nearest frequency peer: herbe (-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 „herzhaft“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Henryk
Henryk
67,917 corpus weight
- herausgeben
herausgeben
67,916 corpus weight
- herbe
herbe
67,915 corpus weight
- herzhaft
herzhaft
67,914 corpus weight
- hieran
hieran
67,913 corpus weight
- hinterlegen
hinterlegen
67,911 corpus weight
What this shows „herzhaft“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herzhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡shaft] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „herzhaft“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around herzhaft (IPA [ˈhɛʁt͡shaft]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,087 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for herzhaft, with forms such as "ehrzhaft", "herhzaft", and "herrzhaft". 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 herzhaft, spelled H-E-R-Z-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1von der Ausprägung her stark und intensiv, mit Kraft, von großem Ausmaß
- 2mit Mut und Entschlossenheit
- 3gehaltvoll, einen kräftigen würzigen Geschmack habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herzhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schmausen ist ein altes deutsches Wort. Es sich gut schmecken lassen, herzhaft zugreifen und mit Genuss essen – so etwa könnte man es umschreiben.“
„Uns Menschen ist ansteckendes Gähnen nicht fremd: Der Gesprächspartner fängt herzhaft an zu gähnen und wir müssen wohl oder übel mitmachen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrzhaft
- herhzaft
- herrzhaft
- herzahft
- herzhafft
- herzhaftt
- herzhatf
- herzhfat
- herzhhaft
- herzzhaft
- hezrhaft
- hherzhaft
- hrezhaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herzhaft - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "herzhaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).