hide

[haɪd]

/[haɪd]/ noun

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The verdict

“hide” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,219
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Haut eines Tiers

Corpus desk

Index DE-hide · hide · German

hide · rank #48,219 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,219
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hierarchisch

Nearest frequency peer: hierarchisch (+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 „hide“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „hide“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hide vs hin
50% similar
hide vs Hit
25% similar
hide vs hip
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hide
PropertyValue
Headwordhide
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[haɪd]
Letters4
Frequency rank#48,219
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hide“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hideliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „hierarchisch“ (#48,220), „herausfindet“ (#48,217), „Helvetia“ (#48,216). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hide“ bei #48,219. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around hide (IPA [haɪd]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,219 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hide, with forms such as "hdie", "hhide", and "hidde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hin", "Hit", "hip", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hide, spelled H-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Haut eines Tiers
  2. 2
    das Fell eines Tiers
  3. 3
    Leder das aus [1] und [2] gegerbt wird
  4. 4
    ein Hochsitz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The hide of a cow, also called cowhide, is the skin of a cow.
  2. A product of cowhide is hide.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hdie
  • hhide
  • hidde
  • hied
  • ihde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hide - 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.

hdie2hhide1hidde1hied2ihde2
Edit distance from "hide"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hide"?
"hide" is spelled H-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [haɪd].
What does "hide" mean?
As a noun, "hide" means: die Haut eines Tiers
What words are commonly confused with "hide"?
"hide" is commonly confused with "hin", "Hit", "hip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hide" is [haɪd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hide" come from?
"hide" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hola#48,229Homs#48,232Mals#48,319Efeu#48,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list