hungern
[ˈhʊŋɐn]
The verdict
“hungern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,930
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hunger haben, hungrig sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-hungern · hungern · German
hungern · rank #18,930 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,930
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hort
Nearest frequency peer: hort (-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 „hungern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hinterlegt
hinterlegt
81,074 corpus weight
- Hofes
Hofes
81,073 corpus weight
- hort
hort
81,072 corpus weight
- hungern
hungern
81,071 corpus weight
- Hypnose
Hypnose
81,070 corpus weight
- Höfen
Höfen
81,069 corpus weight
What this shows „hungern“ 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 | hungern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhʊŋɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hungern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around hungern (IPA [ˈhʊŋɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,930 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hungern, with forms such as "hhungern", "hnugern", and "hugnern". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "hunter", "Hunnen", "hängen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hungern, spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Hunger haben, hungrig sein
- 2anhaltend an Hunger leiden, über längere Zeit hinweg nicht genügend Nahrung zu sich nehmen
- 3heftig nach etwas verlangen, sich nach etwas sehnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hungern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Abendessen gibt es heute später, bis dahin müßt ihr hungern.
Fasten und hungern kann gut für unsere Gesundheit sein.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhungern
- hnugern
- hugnern
- hunegrn
- hungenr
- hungernn
- hungerrn
- hunggern
- hungren
- hunngern
- uhngern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hungern - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hungern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).