Historiker

[hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐ]

/[hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Historiker” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,203
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Erforschung und Darstellung der Geschichte beschäftigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-historiker · Historiker · German

Historiker · rank #6,203 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,203
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herstellen

Nearest frequency peer: herstellen (-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 „Historiker“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Historiker“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Historiker vs Historikern
91% similar
Historiker vs Historikers
91% similar
Historiker vs Historikerin
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Historiker
PropertyValue
HeadwordHistoriker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,203
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Historiker“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Historikerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „herstellen“ (#6,202), „Helm“ (#6,201), „Hügel“ (#6,205). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Historiker“ bei #6,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Historiker (IPA [hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,203 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Erforschung und Darstellung der Geschichte beschäftigt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Historiker, with forms such as "hhistoriker", "hisotriker", and "hisstoriker". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Historikern", "Historikers", "Historikerin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Historiker, spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Erforschung und Darstellung der Geschichte beschäftigt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Historiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Historiker kann allerdings die Ebene wechseln und statt der unsicheren Fakten die Art, wie über das Ereignis geredet wird, betrachten.“
  2. „Historiker haben Aufzeichnungen über 17108 Fahrten von Sklavenschiffen im 18. Jahrhundert zusammengetragen; nur in einer Hand voll dieser Berichte ist jedoch etwas über das alltägliche Geschehen an Bord der Schiffe festgehalten.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhistoriker
  • hisotriker
  • hisstoriker
  • histoirker
  • historiekr
  • historikerr
  • historikker
  • historikre
  • historkier
  • historriker
  • histroiker
  • histtoriker
  • hitsoriker
  • hsitoriker
  • ihstoriker

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Historiker - 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.

hhistoriker1hisotriker2hisstoriker1histoirker2historiekr2historikerr1historikker1historikre2
Edit distance from "Historiker"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Historiker"?
"Historiker" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐ].
What does "Historiker" mean?
As a noun, "Historiker" means: Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Erforschung und Darstellung der Geschichte beschäftigt
What words are commonly confused with "Historiker"?
"Historiker" is commonly confused with "Historikern", "Historikers", "Historikerin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Historiker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Historiker" is [hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Historiker" come from?
"Historiker" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Historiker", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list