harmloses

[ˈhaʁmloːzəs]

/[ˈhaʁmloːzəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“harmloses” is uncommon German (frequency #56,201 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,201
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs harmlos

Corpus desk

Index DE-harmloses · harmloses · German

harmloses · rank #56,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,201
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hari

Nearest frequency peer: hari (-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 „harmloses“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for harmloses
PropertyValue
Headwordharmloses
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaʁmloːzəs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „harmloses“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).harmlosesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hari“ (#56,200), „Harnröhre“ (#56,202), „happened“ (#56,199). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „harmloses“ bei #56,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

harmloses is uncommon German at frequency #56,201 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaʁmloːzəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for harmloses, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 harmloses, spelled H-A-R-M-L-O-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs harmlos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs harmlos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs harmlos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs harmlos

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 "harmloses"?
"harmloses" is spelled H-A-R-M-L-O-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁmloːzəs].
What does "harmloses" mean?
As an adjective, "harmloses" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs harmlos
How do you pronounce "harmloses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harmloses" is [ˈhaʁmloːzəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harmloses" come from?
"harmloses" 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 "harmloses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Harnröhre#56,202hernehmen#56,212Hiddensee#56,213Guangzhou#56,188

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list