Hörensagen
[ˈhøːʁənˌzaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Hörensagen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,434
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Äußerungen anderer als unsichere Quelle des Wissens
Corpus desk
Index DE-horensagen · Hörensagen · German
Hörensagen · rank #39,434 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,434
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Händedruck
Nearest frequency peer: Händedruck (-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 „Hörensagen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hysterische
hysterische
60,570 corpus weight
- häkeln
häkeln
60,569 corpus weight
- Händedruck
Händedruck
60,568 corpus weight
- Hörensagen
Hörensagen
60,567 corpus weight
- ideologisch…
ideologischer
60,566 corpus weight
- ignorierst
ignorierst
60,565 corpus weight
What this shows „Hörensagen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hörensagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːʁənˌzaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hörensagen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Hörensagen (IPA [ˈhøːʁənˌzaːɡn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,434 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Äußerungen anderer als unsichere Quelle des Wissens".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hörensagen, with forms such as "hhörensagen", "hröensagen", and "höernsagen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hörensagen, spelled H-Ö-R-E-N-S-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Äußerungen anderer als unsichere Quelle des Wissens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hörensagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich hatte nichts als ihre Gesichter und Gestalten vor mir und kannte ihr Verhalten in der Klasse; alles Übrige wußte man nur vom Hörensagen.“
„Es ist, als stiege man in die Verliese einer Vergangenheit, deren Reize und Schrecken ich allein vom Hörensagen kenne, aus den zahllosen Erzählungen meiner Eltern und Großeltern, die von Gestellungsbefehlen und Bombennächten, Kriegsgefangenschaft und Hamsterfahrten handelten und mit der Währungsreform endeten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhörensagen
- hröensagen
- höernsagen
- hörenasgen
- hörennsagen
- hörensaegn
- hörensagenn
- hörensaggen
- hörensagne
- hörensgaen
- hörenssagen
- höresnagen
- hörnesagen
- hörrensagen
- öhrensagen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hörensagen - 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.
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