Hamburgs

[ˈhambʊʁks]

/[ˈhambʊʁks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hamburgs” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,021
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hamburg

Corpus desk

Index DE-hamburgs · Hamburgs · German

Hamburgs · rank #17,021 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,021
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Handarbeit

Nearest frequency peer: Handarbeit (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Hamburgs“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Hamburgs“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Hamburgs vs Homburg
75% similar
Hamburgs vs Harburg
75% similar
Hamburgs vs Hamburg
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Hamburgs
PropertyValue
HeadwordHamburgs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhambʊʁks]
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,021
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hamburgs“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hamburgsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Handarbeit“ (#17,022), „Grundrecht“ (#17,019), „Handschriften“ (#17,023). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hamburgs“ bei #17,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Hamburgs (IPA [ˈhambʊʁks]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,021 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hamburg".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hamburgs, with forms such as "ahmburgs", "habmurgs", and "hambburgs". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Homburg", "Harburg", "Hamburg", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hamburgs, spelled H-A-M-B-U-R-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hamburg

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahmburgs
  • habmurgs
  • hambburgs
  • hambrugs
  • hambugrs
  • hamburggs
  • hamburgss
  • hamburrgs
  • hambursg
  • hammburgs
  • hamubrgs
  • hhamburgs
  • hmaburgs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hamburgs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ahmburgs2habmurgs2hambburgs1hambrugs2hambugrs2hamburggs1hamburgss1hamburrgs1
Edit distance from "Hamburgs"

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 "Hamburgs"?
"Hamburgs" is spelled H-A-M-B-U-R-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhambʊʁks].
What does "Hamburgs" mean?
As a noun, "Hamburgs" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hamburg
What words are commonly confused with "Hamburgs"?
"Hamburgs" is commonly confused with "Homburg", "Harburg", "Hamburg". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hamburgs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hamburgs" is [ˈhambʊʁks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hamburgs" come from?
"Hamburgs" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geärgert#17,016gewährte#17,014hinlegen#17,031Geologie#17,007

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

gezeigten13 variantsgesammelte13 variantsHändchen13 variantsinsgeheim13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list