hautbois
[ʔɔ.bwɑ]
The verdict
“hautbois” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oboe
Corpus desk
Index DE-hautbois · hautbois · German
hautbois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hautbois |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʔɔ.bwɑ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hautbois“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hautbois is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʔɔ.bwɑ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oboe".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hautbois, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hautbois, spelled H-A-U-T-B-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Oboe
This word in other languages
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