hinrichten
[ˈhɪnˌʁɪçtn̩]
The verdict
“hinrichten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,835
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein (legales oder auch willkürliches) Todesurteil vollstrecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinrichten · hinrichten · German
hinrichten · rank #35,835 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,835
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH himmlisch
Nearest frequency peer: himmlisch (-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 „hinrichten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Herodes
Herodes
64,169 corpus weight
- hex
hex
64,168 corpus weight
- himmlisch
himmlisch
64,167 corpus weight
- hinrichten
hinrichten
64,166 corpus weight
- hochgezogen
hochgezogen
64,165 corpus weight
- Homeoffice
Homeoffice
64,164 corpus weight
What this shows „hinrichten“ 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 | hinrichten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɪnˌʁɪçtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hinrichten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around hinrichten (IPA [ˈhɪnˌʁɪçtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,835 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for hinrichten, with forms such as "hhinrichten", "hinirchten", and "hinnrichten". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Hinrichtung", "herrichten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hinrichten, spelled H-I-N-R-I-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein (legales oder auch willkürliches) Todesurteil vollstrecken
- 2dafür sorgen, dass etwas in richtiger Weise angeordnet, für jemand anderen vorbereitet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinrichten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ließ nicht auch Castro seine antikommunistischen Gegner hinrichten?
Erst im Herbst 2005 wurden zwei minderjährige Iraner wegen angeblicher „homosexueller Übergriffe“ und Alkoholkonsums hingerichtet.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhinrichten
- hinirchten
- hinnrichten
- hinrcihten
- hinricchten
- hinrichetn
- hinrichhten
- hinrichtenn
- hinrichtne
- hinrichtten
- hinricthen
- hinrihcten
- hinrrichten
- hirnichten
- hnirichten
- ihnrichten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hinrichten - 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 "hinrichten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).