Downhill
[ˈdaʊ̯nˌhɪl]
The verdict
“Downhill” is uncommon German (frequency #51,247 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,247
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf einer nur bergab führenden Strecke ausgetragenes Rennen mit speziell dafür konstruierten Mountainbikes
Corpus desk
Index DE-downhill · Downhill · German
Downhill · rank #51,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,247
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Doodle
Nearest frequency peer: Doodle (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Downhill”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dire
dire
48,758 corpus weight
- Diskotheken
Diskotheken
48,756 corpus weight
- Doodle
Doodle
48,755 corpus weight
- Downhill
Downhill
48,754 corpus weight
- Dreirad
Dreirad
48,753 corpus weight
- droit
droit
48,751 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Downhill” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Downhill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaʊ̯nˌhɪl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Downhill” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Downhill is uncommon German at frequency #51,247 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaʊ̯nˌhɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf einer nur bergab führenden Strecke ausgetragenes Rennen mit speziell dafür konstruierten Mountainbikes".
Downhill has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Downhill, spelled D-O-W-N-H-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1auf einer nur bergab führenden Strecke ausgetragenes Rennen mit speziell dafür konstruierten Mountainbikes
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.