Haftpflicht
[ˈhaftˌp͡flɪçt]
The verdict
“Haftpflicht” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,235
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gesetzliche Verpflichtung, für angerichteten Schaden Ersatz leisten zu müssen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haftpflicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaftˌp͡flɪçt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Haftpflicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Haftpflicht (IPA [ˈhaftˌp͡flɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,235 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Haftpflicht, with forms such as "ahftpflicht", "hafftpflicht", and "hafptflicht". 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Haftpflicht, spelled H-A-F-T-P-F-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1gesetzliche Verpflichtung, für angerichteten Schaden Ersatz leisten zu müssen
- 2kurz für Haftpflichtversicherung
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahftpflicht
- hafftpflicht
- hafptflicht
- haftfplicht
- haftpfflicht
- haftpfilcht
- haftpflciht
- haftpfliccht
- haftpflichht
- haftpflichtt
- haftpflicth
- haftpflihct
- haftpfllicht
- haftplficht
- haftppflicht
- hafttpflicht
- hatfpflicht
- hfatpflicht
- hhaftpflicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Haftpflicht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Haftpflicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-F-T-P-F-L-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaftˌp͡flɪçt] (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
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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.