Hauptursache
[ˈhaʊ̯ptʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]
The verdict
“Hauptursache” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,412
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entscheidender/wesentlicher Grund
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptursache · Hauptursache · German
Hauptursache · rank #39,412 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,412
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Handelsbezieh…
Nearest frequency peer: Handelsbeziehungen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Hauptursache“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- guides
guides
60,592 corpus weight
- Handbücher
Handbücher
60,591 corpus weight
- Handelsbezi…
Handelsbeziehungen
60,590 corpus weight
- Hauptursache
Hauptursache
60,589 corpus weight
- Hausbesuche
Hausbesuche
60,588 corpus weight
- hawking
hawking
60,587 corpus weight
What this shows „Hauptursache“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptursache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #39,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hauptursache“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Hauptursache (IPA [ˈhaʊ̯ptʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,412 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "entscheidender/wesentlicher Grund".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hauptursache, with forms such as "ahuptursache", "haputursache", and "haupptursache". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Hauptsache", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hauptursache, spelled H-A-U-P-T-U-R-S-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1entscheidender/wesentlicher Grund
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hauptursache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Laut UNICEF ist Mangelernährung die Hauptursache für Kindersterblichkeit.“
„Die Hauptursache für Prostitution ist Armut.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahuptursache
- haputursache
- haupptursache
- hauptrusache
- haupttursache
- haupturasche
- haupturrsache
- hauptursacche
- hauptursaceh
- hauptursachhe
- hauptursahce
- haupturscahe
- haupturssache
- hauptusrache
- hauputrsache
- hautpursache
- hhauptursache
- huaptursache
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hauptursache - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hauptursache", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).