Handelsschiffe
[ˈhandl̩sˌʃɪfə]
The verdict
“Handelsschiffe” is uncommon German (frequency #74,681 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,681
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Handelsschiff
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handelsschiffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhandl̩sˌʃɪfə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #74,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Handelsschiffe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Handelsschiffe is uncommon German at frequency #74,681 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhandl̩sˌʃɪfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Handelsschiffe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Handelsschiffe, spelled H-A-N-D-E-L-S-S-C-H-I-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Handelsschiff
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Handelsschiff
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Handelsschiff
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Handelsschiff
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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Using “Handelsschiffe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-N-D-E-L-S-S-C-H-I-F-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.