Hangzhou

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The verdict

“Hangzhou” is uncommon German (frequency #85,345 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,345
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Zhejiang

Corpus desk

Index DE-hangzhou · Hangzhou · German

Hangzhou · rank #85,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,345
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Handelsstadt

Nearest frequency peer: Handelsstadt (-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 „Hangzhou“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hangzhou
PropertyValue
HeadwordHangzhou
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hangzhou“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hangzhoufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Handelsstadt“ (#85,344), „haring“ (#85,346), „Hattersheim“ (#85,347). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hangzhou“ bei #85,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hangzhou is uncommon German at frequency #85,345 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Zhejiang".

Zero misspellings are on record for Hangzhou in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hangzhou, spelled H-A-N-G-Z-H-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Zhejiang

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 "Hangzhou"?
"Hangzhou" is spelled H-A-N-G-Z-H-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Hangzhou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hangzhou" means: Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Zhejiang
How do you pronounce "Hangzhou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hangzhou" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hangzhou" come from?
"Hangzhou" 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 "Hangzhou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list