Herisau
"herisau" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Herisau” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A municipality, a town, a de facto capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes canton, Switzerland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herisau · Herisau · English
Herisau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herisau |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Herisau” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Herisau is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A municipality, a town, a de facto capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes canton, Switzerland.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Herisau in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Herisau. The correct English form is Herisau, spelled H-E-R-I-S-A-U.
Definition
- 1A municipality, a town, a de facto capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes canton, Switzerland.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Herisau.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.