Havarie

[havaˈʁiː]

/[havaˈʁiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Havarie” is uncommon German (frequency #50,545 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,545
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes Schadensereignis (speziell im Verkehrswesen) wie Transportmittelunfall oder Güterschaden

Corpus desk

Index DE-havarie · Havarie · German

Havarie · rank #50,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,545
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hautarzt

Nearest frequency peer: Hautarzt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Havarie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Havarie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Havarie
PropertyValue
HeadwordHavarie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[havaˈʁiː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,545
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Havarie“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Havariefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hautarzt“ (#50,544), „heads“ (#50,546), „Hauseingang“ (#50,542). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Havarie“ bei #50,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Havarie is uncommon German at frequency #50,545 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [havaˈʁiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Havarie has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Havarie, spelled H-A-V-A-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    großes Schadensereignis (speziell im Verkehrswesen) wie Transportmittelunfall oder Güterschaden
  2. 2
    Schiffsunglück, Schiffsunfall (Schiffbruch)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Havarie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bei dem Atomunfall des Kraftwerks von Tschernobyl war von einer Havarie die Rede.
  2. „Das ermöglichte bereits eine billige Fertigung und sollte sich auch in den Aufwendungen für die normale Wartung und in den geringeren Reparaturkosten nach einer Havarie positiv niederschlagen.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Havarie"?
"Havarie" is spelled H-A-V-A-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [havaˈʁiː].
What does "Havarie" mean?
As a noun, "Havarie" means: großes Schadensereignis (speziell im Verkehrswesen) wie Transportmittelunfall oder Güterschaden
How do you pronounce "Havarie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Havarie" is [havaˈʁiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Havarie" come from?
"Havarie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Havarie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list