hierro
[ˈjero]
The verdict
“hierro” is uncommon German (frequency #91,734 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,734
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hierro · hierro · German
hierro · rank #91,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,734
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH heuchlerischen
Nearest frequency peer: heuchlerischen (-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 “hierro”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Herbsttag
Herbsttag
8,273 corpus weight
- herumsitzen
herumsitzen
8,270 corpus weight
- herzuleiten
herzuleiten
8,269 corpus weight
- heuchlerisc…
heuchlerischen
8,268 corpus weight
- hierro
hierro
8,267 corpus weight
- hinzuwirken
hinzuwirken
8,263 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hierro” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hierro |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjero] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hierro” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hierro is uncommon German at frequency #91,734 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjero]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eisen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hierro, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hierro, spelled H-I-E-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1Eisen
Synonyms
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 "hierro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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.