Hippies
[ˈhɪpis]
The verdict
“Hippies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,113
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hippie
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 | Hippies |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪpis] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hippies” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Hippies (IPA [ˈhɪpis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,113 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hippies, with forms such as "hhippies", "hipies", and "hipipes". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Hippe", "Hippie", "hinwies", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hippies, spelled H-I-P-P-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hippie
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hippie
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Hippie
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Hippie
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Hippie
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhippies,hipies,hipipes,hippeis,hippiess,hippise,hpipies,ihppies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hippies - 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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Using “Hippies”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-P-P-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɪpis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Hippe” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hippies vs Hippe
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.