hingegen
[hɪnˈɡeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“hingegen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,483
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - im Gegensatz [dazu], andererseits, jedoch
Corpus desk
Index DE-hingegen · hingegen · German
hingegen · rank #1,483 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,483
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Halle
Nearest frequency peer: Halle (-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 “hingegen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geschehen
geschehen
98,521 corpus weight
- Grüne
Grüne
98,520 corpus weight
- Halle
Halle
98,519 corpus weight
- hingegen
hingegen
98,518 corpus weight
- Interview
Interview
98,517 corpus weight
- Kamera
Kamera
98,516 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hingegen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | hingegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [hɪnˈɡeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hingegen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around hingegen (IPA [hɪnˈɡeːɡn̩]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,483 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "im Gegensatz [dazu], andererseits, jedoch".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hingegen, with forms such as "hhingegen", "hignegen", and "hineggen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hingen", "hinteren", "hingehen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hingegen, spelled H-I-N-G-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Gegensatz [dazu], andererseits, jedoch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hingegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Inge hat ihr Spiel gewonnen, Hans hingegen verlor.
Berlin hat kulturell einiges zu bieten. Das Angebot in der Provinz hingegen ist ungleich kleiner.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhingegen
- hignegen
- hineggen
- hingeegn
- hingegenn
- hingeggen
- hingegne
- hinggeen
- hinggegen
- hinngegen
- hnigegen
- ihngegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hingegen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hingegen", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.