Haifisch
[ˈhaɪ̯ˌfɪʃ]
The verdict
“Haifisch” is uncommon German (frequency #69,318 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,318
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Meer lebender Raubfisch (Überordnung Selachii) aus der Klasse der Knorpelfische
Corpus desk
Index DE-haifisch · Haifisch · German
Haifisch · rank #69,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,318
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haftentlassung
Nearest frequency peer: Haftentlassung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Haifisch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Göttlichkeit
Göttlichkeit
30,686 corpus weight
- habilitierte
habilitierte
30,685 corpus weight
- Haftentlass…
Haftentlassung
30,684 corpus weight
- Haifisch
Haifisch
30,683 corpus weight
- Halbschlaf
Halbschlaf
30,681 corpus weight
- Halbschuhe
Halbschuhe
30,680 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Haifisch” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haifisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯ˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Haifisch” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Haifisch is uncommon German at frequency #69,318 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯ˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Meer lebender Raubfisch (Überordnung Selachii) aus der Klasse der Knorpelfische".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Haifisch, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Haifisch, spelled H-A-I-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1im Meer lebender Raubfisch (Überordnung Selachii) aus der Klasse der Knorpelfische
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haifisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Haifische sind gefürchtet.
„Es wimmelte von Haifischen, und wir mussten gut aufpassen, dass sie uns nicht am Bein schnappten, während wir uns mit den Baumstämmen abmühten.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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