Horde
[ˈhɔʁdə]
The verdict
“Horde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,614
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - organisierte Gruppe von Individuen (meist Säugetieren), welche sich einen Lebensraum teilen
Corpus desk
Index DE-horde · Horde · German
Horde · rank #17,614 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,614
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hummel
Nearest frequency peer: Hummel (+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 “Horde”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hirten
Hirten
82,390 corpus weight
- Hochhaus
Hochhaus
82,389 corpus weight
- Horde
Horde
82,387 corpus weight
- Hummel
Hummel
82,386 corpus weight
- Häftling
Häftling
82,385 corpus weight
- Höchstgesch…
Höchstgeschwindigkeit
82,384 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Horde” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Horde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔʁdə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Horde” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Horde (IPA [ˈhɔʁdə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,614 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Horde, with forms such as "hhorde", "hodre", and "hordde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "höre", "Hose", "Horn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Horde, spelled H-O-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1organisierte Gruppe von Individuen (meist Säugetieren), welche sich einen Lebensraum teilen
- 2wilde Menge, ungeordnete Schar, eine nicht einschätzbare Gruppe, die man als bedrohlich auffasst
- 3Flechtwerk, Lattengestell
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Horde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine der ersten Formen menschlichen Zusammenlebens war die in einer Horde, die den gemeinsamen Lagerplatz teilte.
Eine organisierte Affengruppe nennt man oft nicht Herde oder Rotte, sondern Horde.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhorde
- hodre
- hordde
- hored
- horrde
- hrode
- ohrde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Horde - 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.
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 3, 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 "Horde", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Horde". Here's where to go from here.
- "Horde" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "höre". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,614 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.