Blindenhund
[ˈblɪndn̩ˌhʊnt]
The verdict
“Blindenhund” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hund mit einer Spezialausbildung, der Menschen mit einer starken Sehschwäche oder Blindheit im Alltagsleben unterstützen soll
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blindenhund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɪndn̩ˌhʊnt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Blindenhund” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Blindenhund is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈblɪndn̩ˌhʊnt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hund mit einer Spezialausbildung, der Menschen mit einer starken Sehschwäche oder Blindheit im Alltagsleben unterstützen soll".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Blindenhund in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Blindenhund, spelled B-L-I-N-D-E-N-H-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Hund mit einer Spezialausbildung, der Menschen mit einer starken Sehschwäche oder Blindheit im Alltagsleben unterstützen soll
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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.
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Using “Blindenhund”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-L-I-N-D-E-N-H-U-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈblɪndn̩ˌhʊnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.