hissen
[ˈhɪsn̩]
The verdict
“hissen” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,966
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Flagge oder ein Segel am Mast nach oben ziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hissen · hissen · German
hissen · rank #43,966 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,966
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hirse
Nearest frequency peer: Hirse (-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 „hissen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hinfort
hinfort
56,038 corpus weight
- hinschaut
hinschaut
56,037 corpus weight
- Hirse
Hirse
56,036 corpus weight
- hissen
hissen
56,035 corpus weight
- Hochkultur
Hochkultur
56,033 corpus weight
- Hochspannung
Hochspannung
56,032 corpus weight
What this shows „hissen“ 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 | hissen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɪsn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hissen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around hissen (IPA [ˈhɪsn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,966 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Flagge oder ein Segel am Mast nach oben ziehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for hissen, with forms such as "hhissen", "hisen", and "hisesn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hosen", "husten", "Hülsen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 hissen, spelled H-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Flagge oder ein Segel am Mast nach oben ziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hissen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit Tagesanbruch ließ Evans also die drei Segel der Schaluppe hissen, und von der sichern Hand des Steuermannes geleitet, glitt diese aus dem Rio Sealand heraus.
Bei einer Zeremonie mit Vertretern der afghanischen Armee und der Nato-geführten Schutztruppe Isaf hissten Regierungsvertreter die schwarz-rot-grüne Nationalflagge auf einem Marktplatz.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhissen
- hisen
- hisesn
- hissenn
- hissne
- hißen
- hsisen
- ihssen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hissen - 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 "hissen", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).