blockhead
[ˈblɒkhɛd]
The verdict
“blockhead” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Blödmann, Idiot, Hornochse, Strohkopf, Schafskopf, Trottel
Corpus desk
Index DE-blockhead · blockhead · German
blockhead · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | blockhead |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɒkhɛd] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „blockhead“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
blockhead is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblɒkhɛd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Blödmann, Idiot, Hornochse, Strohkopf, Schafskopf, Trottel".
No misspelling variants are generated for blockhead in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 blockhead, spelled B-L-O-C-K-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Blödmann, Idiot, Hornochse, Strohkopf, Schafskopf, Trottel
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.