Hauptgebäude
[ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌbɔɪ̯də]
The verdict
“Hauptgebäude” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,167
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zentrales, besonders wichtiges/großes Gebäude einer Reihe von zusammengehörigen Gebäuden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptgebäude |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌbɔɪ̯də] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #29,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hauptgebäude” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Hauptgebäude (IPA [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌbɔɪ̯də]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,167 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zentrales, besonders wichtiges/großes Gebäude einer Reihe von zusammengehörigen Gebäuden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hauptgebäude, with forms such as "ahuptgebäude", "haputgebäude", and "haupgtebäude". 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hauptgebäude, spelled H-A-U-P-T-G-E-B-Ä-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1zentrales, besonders wichtiges/großes Gebäude einer Reihe von zusammengehörigen Gebäuden
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahuptgebäude
- haputgebäude
- haupgtebäude
- haupptgebäude
- hauptegbäude
- hauptgbeäude
- hauptgebbäude
- hauptgebuäde
- hauptgebädue
- hauptgebäudde
- hauptgebäued
- hauptgeäbude
- hauptggebäude
- haupttgebäude
- hautpgebäude
- hhauptgebäude
- huaptgebäude
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hauptgebäude - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Hauptgebäude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-U-P-T-G-E-B-Ä-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌbɔɪ̯də] (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
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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.