Hausflur
[ˈhaʊ̯sˌfluːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Hausflur” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,723 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,723
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Raum zwischen Hauseingang und Treppenhaus oder zwischen Haustür und Wohnbereich
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 | Hausflur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯sˌfluːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hausflur” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hausflur is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaʊ̯sˌfluːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,723 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Raum zwischen Hauseingang und Treppenhaus oder zwischen Haustür und Wohnbereich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hausflur, with forms such as "ahusflur", "hasuflur", and "haufslur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Haustür", "Häusler", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Hausflur, spelled H-A-U-S-F-L-U-R.
Definition
- 1Raum zwischen Hauseingang und Treppenhaus oder zwischen Haustür und Wohnbereich
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahusflur,hasuflur,haufslur,hausfflur,hausfllur,hausflru,hausflurr,hausfulr,hauslfur,haussflur,hhausflur,huasflur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hausflur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Hausflur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-U-S-F-L-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaʊ̯sˌfluːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Haustür” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hausflur vs Haustür
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.