humane

[huˈmaːnə]

/[huˈmaːnə]/ adj

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The verdict

“humane” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,241
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human

Corpus desk

Index DE-humane · humane · German

humane · rank #35,241 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,241
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hohenlohe

Nearest frequency peer: Hohenlohe (-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 „humane“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „humane“ 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).

humane vs Hymne
50% similar
humane vs humanen
86% similar
humane vs human
83% similar

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

Key facts for humane
PropertyValue
Headwordhumane
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[huˈmaːnə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,241
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „humane“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.humaneliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Hohenlohe“ (#35,240), „hung“ (#35,242), „Hocke“ (#35,239). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „humane“ bei #35,241. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around humane (IPA [huˈmaːnə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,241 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for humane, with forms such as "hhumane", "hmuane", and "huamne". 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, "Hymne", "humanen", "human", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is humane, spelled H-U-M-A-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhumane
  • hmuane
  • huamne
  • humaen
  • humanne
  • hummane
  • humnae
  • uhmane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humane - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhumane1hmuane2huamne2humaen2humanne1hummane1humnae2uhmane2
Edit distance from "humane"

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 "humane"?
"humane" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [huˈmaːnə].
What does "humane" mean?
As an adjective, "humane" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs human
What words are commonly confused with "humane"?
"humane" is commonly confused with "Hymne", "humanen", "human". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "humane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humane" is [huˈmaːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humane" come from?
"humane" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humane", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hellas#35,228guitar#35,220Kaktus#35,262killen#35,268

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list