Hitler
/ˈhɪtlɚ/
"hitler" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hitler” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,502
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Austrian German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hitler · Hitler · English
Hitler · rank #5,502 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,502
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hammer
Nearest frequency peer: hammer (-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 “Hitler”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- GM
GM
94,502 corpus weight
- Halloween
Halloween
94,501 corpus weight
- hammer
hammer
94,500 corpus weight
- Hitler
Hitler
94,499 corpus weight
- hosting
hosting
94,498 corpus weight
- icon
icon
94,497 corpus weight
What this shows “Hitler” 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 | Hitler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪtlɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hitler”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hitler (IPA /ˈhɪtlɚ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,502 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hitler, with forms such as "hhitler", "hilter", and "hitelr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "hotter", "hitter", "holler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details. The correct English form is Hitler, spelled H-I-T-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from Austrian German.
- 2A surname from Austrian German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hitler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.
The British ruling class are fighting against Hitler, whom they have always regarded and whom some of them still regard as their protector against Bolshevism. That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out; but it does mean that at every decisive moment they are likely to falter, pull their punches, do the wrong thing. Until the Churchill Governm…
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhitler
- hilter
- hitelr
- hitlerr
- hitller
- hitlre
- hittler
- htiler
- ihtler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hitler - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Hitler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).