Haff
[haf]
The verdict
“Haff” is uncommon German (frequency #62,483 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,483
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brackwasser-Lagune an der Ostsee
Corpus desk
Index DE-haff · Haff · German
Haff · rank #62,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,483
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hae
Nearest frequency peer: hae (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Haff“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gummis
Gummis
37,522 corpus weight
- gynäkologis…
gynäkologische
37,521 corpus weight
- hae
hae
37,519 corpus weight
- Haff
Haff
37,518 corpus weight
- Haines
Haines
37,517 corpus weight
- Halifax
Halifax
37,516 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Haff“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haf] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haff is uncommon German at frequency #62,483 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [haf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brackwasser-Lagune an der Ostsee".
Haff doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Haff, spelled H-A-F-F.
Definition
- 1Brackwasser-Lagune an der Ostsee
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Nehrung trennt das Haff vom Meer.
„Sein Blick streift über die schmale Nehrung, die das Haff nach Norden hin fast zum Binnensee macht.“
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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