hust
[huːst]
The verdict
“hust” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,034
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs husten
Corpus desk
Index DE-hust · hust · German
hust · rank #17,034 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,034
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Händchen
Nearest frequency peer: Händchen (+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 “hust”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hinlegen
hinlegen
82,970 corpus weight
- honor
honor
82,969 corpus weight
- hust
hust
82,967 corpus weight
- Händchen
Händchen
82,966 corpus weight
- Igor
Igor
82,965 corpus weight
- impfen
impfen
82,964 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hust” 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 | hust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [huːst] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hust” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hust (IPA [huːst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,034 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs husten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hust, with forms such as "hhust", "hsut", and "husst". 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, "Hut", "Hüte", "Hütte", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hust, spelled H-U-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs husten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhust
- hsut
- husst
- hustt
- huts
- uhst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hust - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "hust", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "hust". Here's where to go from here.
- "hust" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Hut". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,034 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.