letter to number mappings,

     A  1         F  6         K  11         P  16         U  21        Z  26
     B  2         G  7         L  12         Q  17         V  22
     C  3         H  8         M  13         R  18         W  23
     D  4         I  9         N  14         S  19         X  24
     E  5         J 10         O  15         T  20         Y  25


             Word,       H E ^ R L I ^ C H E


             position    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10
             letter      H   E   ^   R   L   I   ^   C   H   E
             number      8   5   -  18  12   9   -   3   8   5

bits:  4 +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5  +  5   =  64
     +---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
     | 0 |  8  |  5  | 18  | 12  |  9  |  3  |  8  |  5  |  0  |  3  |  7  |  0  |
     +---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
       -    H     E     R     L     I     C     H     E     -     ^     ^     -

             Number,   (8 << 55) + (5 << 50) + (18 << 45) + (12 << 40) +
                       (9 << 35) + (3 << 30) + (8 << 25) + (5 << 20) +
                       (3 << 10) + (7 << 5)


Residual comparisons not covered by this scheme in the concordance sort,

   1)    vermezzenli^che   vermezzenli^chen
   2)    verwandelo^ten    verwandelo^te