Hauptbestandteil
[ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʃtanttaɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Hauptbestandteil” is uncommon German (frequency #53,763 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,763
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wichtigster Teil von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptbestandteil · Hauptbestandteil · German
Hauptbestandteil · rank #53,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,763
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH hauseigene
Nearest frequency peer: hauseigene (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hauptbestandteil”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- handlungsfä…
handlungsfähig
46,241 corpus weight
- Handwerksze…
Handwerkszeug
46,240 corpus weight
- Hauptbestan…
Hauptbestandteil
46,238 corpus weight
- hauseigene
hauseigene
46,237 corpus weight
- Haushaltsja…
Haushaltsjahr
46,236 corpus weight
- haushoch
haushoch
46,235 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hauptbestandteil” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptbestandteil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʃtanttaɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #53,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hauptbestandteil” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptbestandteil is uncommon German at frequency #53,763 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʃtanttaɪ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wichtigster Teil von etwas".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hauptbestandteil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hauptbestandteil, spelled H-A-U-P-T-B-E-S-T-A-N-D-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1wichtigster Teil von etwas
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hauptbestandteil", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.