Haftzeit
[ˈhaftˌt͡saɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Haftzeit” is uncommon German (frequency #81,641 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,641
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeit, die in Haft verbracht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-haftzeit · Haftzeit · German
Haftzeit · rank #81,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,641
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH habit
Nearest frequency peer: habit (-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 „Haftzeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gönnst
gönnst
18,363 corpus weight
- Günstling
Günstling
18,362 corpus weight
- habit
habit
18,361 corpus weight
- Haftzeit
Haftzeit
18,360 corpus weight
- Hallig
Hallig
18,359 corpus weight
- Handbreit
Handbreit
18,358 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Haftzeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haftzeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaftˌt͡saɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haftzeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haftzeit is uncommon German at frequency #81,641 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaftˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeit, die in Haft verbracht wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Haftzeit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Haftzeit, spelled H-A-F-T-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zeit, die in Haft verbracht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Haftzeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während der Haftzeit in Kaisheim kam ihm der Gedanke, man könne mithilfe von kleinen Sperrholzfiguren Geld verdienen.“
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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