Handschuhfach
[ˈhantʃuːˌfax]
The verdict
“Handschuhfach” is uncommon German (frequency #50,534 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,534
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ablage in dem Armaturenbrett der Beifahrerseite in Personen- oder Lastkraftwagen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handschuhfach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantʃuːˌfax] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Handschuhfach” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Handschuhfach is uncommon German at frequency #50,534 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantʃuːˌfax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ablage in dem Armaturenbrett der Beifahrerseite in Personen- oder Lastkraftwagen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Handschuhfach, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Handschuhfach, spelled H-A-N-D-S-C-H-U-H-F-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Ablage in dem Armaturenbrett der Beifahrerseite in Personen- oder Lastkraftwagen
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.
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Using “Handschuhfach”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-N-D-S-C-H-U-H-F-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhantʃuːˌfax] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.