herzlich
[ˈhɛʁt͡slɪç]
The verdict
“herzlich” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,049
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freundlich gesinnt
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzlich · herzlich · German
herzlich · rank #3,049 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,049
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Handlung
Nearest frequency peer: Handlung (-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 „herzlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gründung
Gründung
96,955 corpus weight
- Gymnasium
Gymnasium
96,954 corpus weight
- Handlung
Handlung
96,953 corpus weight
- herzlich
herzlich
96,952 corpus weight
- Iran
Iran
96,951 corpus weight
- komplette
komplette
96,950 corpus weight
What this shows „herzlich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | herzlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡slɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „herzlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around herzlich (IPA [ˈhɛʁt͡slɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,049 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for herzlich, with forms such as "ehrzlich", "herlzich", and "herrzlich". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "herzliche", "herzlichen", "herzliches", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 herzlich, spelled H-E-R-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1freundlich gesinnt
- 2ziemlich, sehr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herzlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie wurde am Bahnhof von der Tante herzlich empfangen.
Er wünschte ihr herzliche Glückwünsche zum Geburtstag.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrzlich
- herlzich
- herrzlich
- herzilch
- herzlcih
- herzlicch
- herzlichh
- herzlihc
- herzllich
- herzzlich
- hezrlich
- hherzlich
- hrezlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herzlich - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herzlich", 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).