Doppelhaus
[ˈdɔpl̩ˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Doppelhaus” is an uncommon German word, ranked #83,860 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,860
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zwei an der Grundstücksgrenze aneinander gebaute Häuser
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Doppelhaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔpl̩ˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Doppelhaus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Doppelhaus is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdɔpl̩ˌhaʊ̯s]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,860 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zwei an der Grundstücksgrenze aneinander gebaute Häuser".
Zero misspellings are on record for Doppelhaus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Doppelhaus, spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Zwei an der Grundstücksgrenze aneinander gebaute Häuser
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Doppelhaus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-O-P-P-E-L-H-A-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdɔpl̩ˌhaʊ̯s] (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.