happiness
[ˈhæpɪnəs]
The verdict
“happiness” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #44,670 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,670
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Glück, (Zufriedenheit), Fröhlichkeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | happiness |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhæpɪnəs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “happiness” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for happiness is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhæpɪnəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,670 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Glück, (Zufriedenheit), Fröhlichkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for happiness, with forms such as "ahppiness", "hapiness", and "hapipness". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is happiness, spelled H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Glück, (Zufriedenheit), Fröhlichkeit
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahppiness,hapiness,hapipness,happienss,happines,happineß,happinness,happinses,happniess,hhappiness,hpapiness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of happiness - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “happiness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhæpɪnəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.