higher
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The verdict
“higher” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,565
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Komparativ des Adjektivs high
Corpus desk
Index DE-higher · higher · German
higher · rank #37,565 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,565
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hexerei
Nearest frequency peer: Hexerei (-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 „higher“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- heiser
heiser
62,439 corpus weight
- Herleitung
Herleitung
62,438 corpus weight
- Hexerei
Hexerei
62,437 corpus weight
- higher
higher
62,436 corpus weight
- hingekriegt
hingekriegt
62,434 corpus weight
- hinzustellen
hinzustellen
62,433 corpus weight
What this shows „higher“ 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 | higher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „higher“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around higher (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,565 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Komparativ des Adjektivs high".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for higher, with forms such as "hgiher", "hhigher", and "higehr". 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, "höher", "hinter", "Hitler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is higher, spelled H-I-G-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Komparativ des Adjektivs high
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hgiher
- hhigher
- higehr
- higgher
- higherr
- highher
- highre
- hihger
- ihgher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of higher - 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.
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 "higher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).