Hindenburg
/ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/
"hindenburg" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hindenburg” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,976
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hindenburg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #45,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hindenburg” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Hindenburg (IPA /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,976 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hindenburg, with forms such as "hhindenburg", "hidnenburg", and "hinddenburg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Hindenburg, spelled H-I-N-D-E-N-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
- 2Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal in the First World War and second President of the Weimar Republic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhindenburg
- hidnenburg
- hinddenburg
- hindebnurg
- hindenbburg
- hindenbrug
- hindenbugr
- hindenburgg
- hindenburrg
- hindennburg
- hindenubrg
- hindneburg
- hinednburg
- hinndenburg
- hnidenburg
- ihndenburg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hindenburg - 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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Using “Hindenburg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-I-N-D-E-N-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.