Hauptinsel

[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔɪnzl̩]

/[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔɪnzl̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Hauptinsel” is uncommon German (frequency #78,086 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,086
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wichtigste Insel einer Inselgruppe

Corpus desk

Index DE-hauptinsel · Hauptinsel · German

Hauptinsel · rank #78,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,086
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hautausschlag

Nearest frequency peer: Hautausschlag (+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 „Hauptinsel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hauptinsel
PropertyValue
HeadwordHauptinsel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔɪnzl̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,086
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptinsel“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hauptinselfällt 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: „Hautausschlag“ (#78,087), „Hatice“ (#78,084), „hasserfüllte“ (#78,083). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hauptinsel“ bei #78,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hauptinsel is uncommon German at frequency #78,086 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔɪnzl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wichtigste Insel einer Inselgruppe".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hauptinsel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Hauptinsel, spelled H-A-U-P-T-I-N-S-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    wichtigste Insel einer Inselgruppe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hauptinsel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nachdem sie dort ihre Stellungen gesichert hatten, griffen sie die Hauptinsel an.“
  2. „Bei einem Fährunglück in Japan sind am Samstag mindestens 87 Menschen verletzt worden. Wie die japanische Küstenwache mitteilte, war das Tragflächenboot auf dem Weg von der Hauptinsel Honshu zur Insel Sado.“

Antonyms

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 "Hauptinsel"?
"Hauptinsel" is spelled H-A-U-P-T-I-N-S-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔɪnzl̩].
What does "Hauptinsel" mean?
As a noun, "Hauptinsel" means: wichtigste Insel einer Inselgruppe
How do you pronounce "Hauptinsel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hauptinsel" is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔɪnzl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hauptinsel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hauptinsel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list