herrisch
\ˈhɛʁɪʃ\
The verdict
“herrisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autoritaire, dominateur, impérieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herrisch · herrisch · French
herrisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | herrisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhɛʁɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
herrisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhɛʁɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herrisch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is herrisch, spelled H-E-R-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Autoritaire, dominateur, impérieux.
- 2Bref, sec, tranchant (caractérise une manière de communication).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herrisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist im allgemeinen größer, kräftiger, schneller und waghalsiger als das Weibchen und führt ein unabhängigeres Leben mit zweckfreieren Aktivitäten. Es ist draufgängerischer und herrischer: in den Tiergemeinschaften gibt immer das Männchen den Ton an.
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.