Hybris
[ˈhyːbʁɪs]
The verdict
“Hybris” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,236
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - realitätsfernes, maßloses und unangemessenes Vertrauen in die Handlungen der eigenen Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-hybris · Hybris · German
Hybris · rank #48,236 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,236
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hygienisch
Nearest frequency peer: hygienisch (+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 „Hybris“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hooligan
Hooligan
51,768 corpus weight
- Hugenotten
Hugenotten
51,767 corpus weight
- Hybris
Hybris
51,765 corpus weight
- hygienisch
hygienisch
51,764 corpus weight
- Häuten
Häuten
51,763 corpus weight
- höh
höh
51,762 corpus weight
What this shows „Hybris“ 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 | Hybris |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhyːbʁɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hybris“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Hybris (IPA [ˈhyːbʁɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,236 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "realitätsfernes, maßloses und unangemessenes Vertrauen in die Handlungen der eigenen Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hybris, with forms such as "hbyris", "hhybris", and "hybbris". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Harris", "hybrid", "hybride", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Hybris, spelled H-Y-B-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1realitätsfernes, maßloses und unangemessenes Vertrauen in die Handlungen der eigenen Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hybris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was Holzinger vortrug, drückte eher Hybris gegenüber der Vergangenheit aus; die Hybris selbstgerechter Menschen, die im nachhinein genau wissen, wie moralisch integer sie sich verhalten hätten, wären sie an der Stelle der Unwürdigen gewesen.“
„Auch die Hybris ist mit dem Raum der Höhe verbunden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hbyris
- hhybris
- hybbris
- hybirs
- hybriss
- hybrris
- hybrsi
- hyrbis
- hyybris
- yhbris
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hybris - 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 "Hybris", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).