Habicht

[ˈhaːbɪçt]

/[ˈhaːbɪçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Habicht” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,662
frequency rank, German
59,066
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Name eines Greifvogels; große Vertreter der Gattung Accipiter

Key facts for Habicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordHabicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaːbɪçt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,662
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Habicht” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Habicht lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Habicht (IPA [ˈhaːbɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,662 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Name eines Greifvogels; große Vertreter der Gattung Accipiter".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Habicht, with forms such as "ahbicht", "habbicht", and "habciht". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Habicht, spelled H-A-B-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Name eines Greifvogels; große Vertreter der Gattung Accipiter

Synonyms

Accipiter gentilis

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahbicht
  • habbicht
  • habciht
  • habiccht
  • habichht
  • habichtt
  • habicth
  • habihct
  • haibcht
  • hbaicht
  • hhabicht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Habicht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahbicht2habbicht1habciht2habiccht1habichht1habichtt1habicth2habihct2
Edit distance from "Habicht"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Habicht"?
"Habicht" is spelled H-A-B-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːbɪçt].
What does "Habicht" mean?
As a noun, "Habicht" means: Name eines Greifvogels; große Vertreter der Gattung Accipiter
What are common misspellings of "Habicht"?
Common misspellings include "ahbicht", "habbicht", "habciht", "habiccht", "habichht". The correct spelling is "Habicht".
How do you pronounce "Habicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Habicht" is [ˈhaːbɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Habicht" come from?
"Habicht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Habicht”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-A-B-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈhaːbɪçt] (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

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list