Halswirbel
[ˈhalsˌvɪʁbl̩]
The verdict
“Halswirbel” is uncommon German (frequency #74,678 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,678
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oberes Ende der Wirbelsäule von Wirbeltieren, bewegliche Wirbel zwischen der Brustwirbelsäule und dem Kopf
Corpus desk
Index DE-halswirbel · Halswirbel · German
Halswirbel · rank #74,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,678
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hams
Nearest frequency peer: hams (+2 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 „Halswirbel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Haigerloch
Haigerloch
25,327 corpus weight
- Halfter
Halfter
25,326 corpus weight
- Halswirbel
Halswirbel
25,323 corpus weight
- hams
hams
25,321 corpus weight
- Handelsschi…
Handelsschiffe
25,320 corpus weight
- hanging
hanging
25,319 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Halswirbel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halswirbel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalsˌvɪʁbl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halswirbel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halswirbel is uncommon German at frequency #74,678 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalsˌvɪʁbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oberes Ende der Wirbelsäule von Wirbeltieren, bewegliche Wirbel zwischen der Brustwirbelsäule und dem Kopf".
Halswirbel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Halswirbel, spelled H-A-L-S-W-I-R-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1oberes Ende der Wirbelsäule von Wirbeltieren, bewegliche Wirbel zwischen der Brustwirbelsäule und dem Kopf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Halswirbel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Bruch des Halswirbels klang schauderhaft.“
„Ihr Kopf wabbelte locker am Hals, der so zerhackt und aufgeschlitzt war, dass die Halswirbel durch die Haut stachen.“
Synonyms
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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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