Hauptraum
[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Hauptraum” is uncommon German (frequency #93,031 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,031
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - größter, zentral gelegener Raum
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hauptraum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptraum is uncommon German at frequency #93,031 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʁaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größter, zentral gelegener Raum".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hauptraum in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hauptraum, spelled H-A-U-P-T-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1größter, zentral gelegener Raum
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.
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Using “Hauptraum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-U-P-T-R-A-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʁaʊ̯m] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.