Hauptkirche
[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]
The verdict
“Hauptkirche” is uncommon German (frequency #85,349 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,349
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptkirche · Hauptkirche · German
Hauptkirche · rank #85,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,349
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hausgeräte
Nearest frequency peer: Hausgeräte (+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 „Hauptkirche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hangzhou
Hangzhou
14,656 corpus weight
- haring
haring
14,655 corpus weight
- Hattersheim
Hattersheim
14,654 corpus weight
- Hauptkirche
Hauptkirche
14,652 corpus weight
- Hausgeräte
Hausgeräte
14,651 corpus weight
- HDTV
HDTV
14,648 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hauptkirche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptkirche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #85,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptkirche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptkirche is uncommon German at frequency #85,349 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hauptkirche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hauptkirche, spelled H-A-U-P-T-K-I-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hauptkirche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im mittelfränkischen Baiersdorf schlagen die Glocken der evangelischen Hauptkirche um mindestens 16,6 Dezibel zu laut.“
„In der dortigen Hauptkirche entstand in den letzten Wochen ein Werk der beiden Künstler Marios Pergialis und Anthony di Paola, mit dem das Pestjahr 2020 vorläufig auf eine bündige, wenngleich niederschmetternde Bildformel gebracht wird.“
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).