Hachenburg

[ˈhaxn̩ˌbʊʁk]

/[ˈhaxn̩ˌbʊʁk]/ name

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The verdict

“Hachenburg” is uncommon German (frequency #71,424 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,424
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-hachenburg · Hachenburg · German

Hachenburg · rank #71,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,424
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hadert

Nearest frequency peer: hadert (+2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hachenburg“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hachenburg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hachenburg
PropertyValue
HeadwordHachenburg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈhaxn̩ˌbʊʁk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hachenburg“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Hachenburgfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hadert“ (#71,426), „hafte“ (#71,427), „Gymnasiast“ (#71,420). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hachenburg“ bei #71,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hachenburg is uncommon German at frequency #71,424 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhaxn̩ˌbʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hachenburg, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 Hachenburg, spelled H-A-C-H-E-N-B-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Hachenburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hachenburg liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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 "Hachenburg"?
"Hachenburg" is spelled H-A-C-H-E-N-B-U-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaxn̩ˌbʊʁk].
What does "Hachenburg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hachenburg" means: eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Hachenburg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hachenburg" is [ˈhaxn̩ˌbʊʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hachenburg" come from?
"Hachenburg" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hachenburg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gymnasiast#71,420Hereingabe#71,441hervorrief#71,442Glasperlen#71,399

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list