Hesse
/ˈhɛs/
"hesse" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hesse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,104
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state of modern Germany.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hesse · Hesse · English
Hesse · rank #34,104 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,104
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH heroics
Nearest frequency peer: heroics (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Hesse”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- heaped
heaped
65,901 corpus weight
- heartburn
heartburn
65,900 corpus weight
- heroics
heroics
65,898 corpus weight
- Hesse
Hesse
65,897 corpus weight
- Hickman
Hickman
65,896 corpus weight
- hillbilly
hillbilly
65,895 corpus weight
What this shows “Hesse” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | Hesse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hesse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Hesse (IPA /ˈhɛs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,104 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hesse, with forms such as "ehsse", "hese", and "heses". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hse", "hose", "hiss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Hesse. The correct English form is Hesse, spelled H-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1A state of modern Germany.
- 2A medieval principality and former duchy in Central Europe.
- 3A surname from German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hesse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehsse
- hese
- heses
- hhesse
- hsese
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hesse - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hesse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).