Hauptlast
[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌlast]
The verdict
“Hauptlast” is uncommon German (frequency #71,434 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,434
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größte, schwerste Last
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptlast · Hauptlast · German
Hauptlast · rank #71,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,434
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haudegen
Nearest frequency peer: Haudegen (-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 „Hauptlast“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Handreichung
Handreichung
28,571 corpus weight
- harp
harp
28,569 corpus weight
- Haudegen
Haudegen
28,568 corpus weight
- Hauptlast
Hauptlast
28,567 corpus weight
- hauptverant…
hauptverantwortlich
28,565 corpus weight
- healing
healing
28,563 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hauptlast“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptlast |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌlast] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptlast“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptlast is uncommon German at frequency #71,434 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌlast]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größte, schwerste Last".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hauptlast in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hauptlast, spelled H-A-U-P-T-L-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1größte, schwerste Last
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hauptlast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als Schulleiter trug Browne die Hauptlast der Verantwortung für das Verschwinden des Schülers.“
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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