Haupttor
[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Haupttor” is uncommon German (frequency #69,337 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,337
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größtes, wichtigstes Tor einer Anlage/eines Gebäudes
Corpus desk
Index DE-haupttor · Haupttor · German
Haupttor · rank #69,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,337
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hauskatzen
Nearest frequency peer: Hauskatzen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Haupttor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Harn
Harn
30,670 corpus weight
- Harzes
Harzes
30,668 corpus weight
- Haupttor
Haupttor
30,664 corpus weight
- Hauskatzen
Hauskatzen
30,663 corpus weight
- heilenden
heilenden
30,659 corpus weight
- Heilerin
Heilerin
30,658 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Haupttor” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haupttor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Haupttor” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Haupttor is uncommon German at frequency #69,337 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größtes, wichtigstes Tor einer Anlage/eines Gebäudes".
Haupttor has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Haupttor, spelled H-A-U-P-T-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1größtes, wichtigstes Tor einer Anlage/eines Gebäudes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haupttor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als die Frauen bei Sonnenuntergang mit ihren Gästen zum Haupttore gegangen waren und diese sich in ihren Sänften entfernt hatten, hielten sie sich noch eine kurze Zeit am Portal auf.“
„Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts stieß man bei Grabungen (Leiter: Thoms Krekel) südwestlich des Haupttores auf eine Bastion mit kleiner Toröffnung.“
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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