Hürde

Name: Hürde, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈhʏʁdə]

/[ˈhʏʁdə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Hürde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,739
frequency rank, German: 3,372
“H” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 76,20 bis 106,68 cm hohes Hindernis, das in bestimmten Abständen (ungefähr 8,50 bis 35 m) auf der Laufstrecke steht und vom Läufer überwunden werden muss, ohne dass es umfällt

Corpus desk

Index DE-hurde · Hürde · German

Hürde · rank #9,739 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,739
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 3,372
PHOTO-FINISH härte

Nearest frequency peer: härte (-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.

Himmels

90,265
Hygiene

90,264
härte

90,263
Hürde

90,262
ix

90,260
Jahrestag

90,259

What this shows „Hürde“ 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).

Hürde vs Hure

60% similar

Hürde vs Hüte

60% similar

Hürde vs hurt

20% similar

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

Key facts for Hürde
Property	Value
Headword	Hürde
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈhʏʁdə]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#9,739
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hürde“

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

#9,739

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „härte“ (#9,738), „Hygiene“ (#9,737), „ix“ (#9,741). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hürde“ bei #9,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hürde (IPA [ˈhʏʁdə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,739 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hürde, with forms such as "hhürde", "hrüde", and "hüdre". 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, "Hure", "Hüte", "hurt", 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 Hürde, spelled H-Ü-R-D-E.

Definition

1
76,20 bis 106,68 cm hohes Hindernis, das in bestimmten Abständen (ungefähr 8,50 bis 35 m) auf der Laufstrecke steht und vom Läufer überwunden werden muss, ohne dass es umfällt
2
großes Objekt, über das ein Pferd beim Springreiten springen muss, ohne es umzuwerfen
3
ein Hindernis, das man überwinden muss
4
Hürdenlauf
5
tragbare Einzäunung, zum Beispiel für Schafe
6
Gelände, das von einer tragbaren Einzäunung umgeben ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Läuft ein Läufer an der Hürde vorbei oder verlässt er seine Laufbahn, so führt dies zur Disqualifikation.“
Das Pferd übersprang die Hürden.

Synonyms

Hindernis Beeinträchtigung BehinderungErschwernisErschwerungHemmnis Hemmschuh Widerstand Pferch

This word in other languages

hurdle(English)valla(Español)haie(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

hhürde
hrüde
hüdre
hürdde
hüred
hürrde
ührde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Hürde"

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 "Hürde"?

"Hürde" is spelled H-Ü-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʏʁdə].

What does "Hürde" mean?

As a noun, "Hürde" means: 76,20 bis 106,68 cm hohes Hindernis, das in bestimmten Abständen (ungefähr 8,50 bis 35 m) auf der Laufstrecke steht und vom Läufer überwunden werden muss, ohne dass es umfällt

What words are commonly confused with "Hürde"?

"Hürde" is commonly confused with "Hure", "Hüte", "hurt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Hürde"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hürde" is [ˈhʏʁdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Hürde" come from?

"Hürde" 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 "Hürde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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