usher

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The verdict

“usher” is uncommon German (frequency #54,984 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,984
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden hinführen, an einen Ort führen

Corpus desk

Index DE-usher · usher · German

usher · rank #54,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,984
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Urlaubstag

Nearest frequency peer: Urlaubstag (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „usher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „usher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for usher
PropertyValue
Headwordusher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,984
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „usher“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.usherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Urlaubstag“ (#54,983), „values“ (#54,985), „Uranus“ (#54,982). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „usher“ bei #54,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

usher is uncommon German at frequency #54,984 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for usher, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is usher, spelled U-S-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden hinführen, an einen Ort führen
  2. 2
    etwas Neues einleiten/ einführen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages,…

Synonyms

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 "usher"?
"usher" is spelled U-S-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "usher" mean?
As a verb, "usher" means: jemanden hinführen, an einen Ort führen
How do you pronounce "usher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usher" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usher" come from?
"usher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list