Hinsicht
[ˈhɪnˌzɪçt]
The verdict
“Hinsicht” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,456
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - nur in festen Wendungen gebraucht: eine bestimmte Art, etwas zu sehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinsicht · Hinsicht · German
Hinsicht · rank #3,456 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,456
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heutzutage
Nearest frequency peer: heutzutage (-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 “Hinsicht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hauptsache
Hauptsache
96,548 corpus weight
- Henry
Henry
96,547 corpus weight
- heutzutage
heutzutage
96,546 corpus weight
- Hinsicht
Hinsicht
96,545 corpus weight
- hinweg
hinweg
96,544 corpus weight
- höchstens
höchstens
96,543 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hinsicht” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinsicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪnˌzɪçt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hinsicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Hinsicht (IPA [ˈhɪnˌzɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,456 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nur in festen Wendungen gebraucht: eine bestimmte Art, etwas zu sehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hinsicht, with forms such as "hhinsicht", "hinischt", and "hinnsicht". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hinsicht, spelled H-I-N-S-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1nur in festen Wendungen gebraucht: eine bestimmte Art, etwas zu sehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hinsicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dieser Hinsicht können wir uns auf keinen Fall einigen.
„Der so Geehrte mußte jedoch seine Gönnerin in dieser Hinsicht enttäuschen, denn er war zeitlebens entweder zu schüchtern oder zu bescheiden, große und prächtige Gemälde zu verfertigen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhinsicht
- hinischt
- hinnsicht
- hinsciht
- hinsiccht
- hinsichht
- hinsichtt
- hinsicth
- hinsihct
- hinssicht
- hisnicht
- hnisicht
- ihnsicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hinsicht - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Hinsicht", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.