Halogen

[ˌhaloˈɡeːn]

/[ˌhaloˈɡeːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Halogen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,071 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,071
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element der 7. Hauptgruppe des Periodensystems

Corpus desk

Index DE-halogen · Halogen · German

Halogen · rank #57,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,071
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haldensleben

Nearest frequency peer: Haldensleben (-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 „Halogen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Halogen
PropertyValue
HeadwordHalogen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌhaloˈɡeːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,071
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Halogen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Halogenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Haldensleben“ (#57,070), „haltbare“ (#57,073), „Handbewegung“ (#57,074). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Halogen“ bei #57,071. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Halogen is uncommon German at frequency #57,071 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌhaloˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element der 7. Hauptgruppe des Periodensystems".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Halogen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Halogen, spelled H-A-L-O-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element der 7. Hauptgruppe des Periodensystems

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Halogene kommen in der Natur vor allem in Form von Natriumsalzen vor.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Halogen"?
"Halogen" is spelled H-A-L-O-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhaloˈɡeːn].
What does "Halogen" mean?
As a noun, "Halogen" means: chemisches Element der 7. Hauptgruppe des Periodensystems
How do you pronounce "Halogen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Halogen" is [ˌhaloˈɡeːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list