hüten
[ˈhyːtn̩]
The verdict
“hüten” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,182
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufpassen auf, wobei meist Tiere, aber auch Kinder gemeint sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-huten · hüten · German
hüten · rank #16,182 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,182
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hübscher
Nearest frequency peer: hübscher (-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 „hüten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hudson
Hudson
83,822 corpus weight
- Höschen
Höschen
83,821 corpus weight
- hübscher
hübscher
83,820 corpus weight
- hüten
hüten
83,819 corpus weight
- ick
ick
83,818 corpus weight
- Indikator
Indikator
83,817 corpus weight
What this shows „hüten“ 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 | hüten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhyːtn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hüten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hüten (IPA [ˈhyːtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,182 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hüten, with forms such as "hhüten", "htüen", and "hüetn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hütte", "Hüter", "hütet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 hüten, spelled H-Ü-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1aufpassen auf, wobei meist Tiere, aber auch Kinder gemeint sind
- 2an einem Ort bleiben, wobei meistens das Bett gemeint ist
- 3für sich behalten; nicht erzählen
- 4sich vor etwas oder jemandem in acht nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hüten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schäfer hütet die Schafe.
Die Nachbarin hütet unser Haus und gießt die Blumen, während wir im Urlaub sind.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhüten
- htüen
- hüetn
- hütenn
- hütne
- ühten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hüten - 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 "hüten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).