hawk

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/[…]/ noun

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The verdict

“hawk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,557
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-hawk · hawk · German

hawk · rank #23,557 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,557
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hauptaufgabe

Nearest frequency peer: Hauptaufgabe (-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 „hawk“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „hawk“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hawk vs how
50% similar
hawk vs hay
50% similar
hawk vs Heck
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hawk
PropertyValue
Headwordhawk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,557
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hawk“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).hawkliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Hauptaufgabe“ (#23,556), „Heimatort“ (#23,558), „Handynummer“ (#23,555). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hawk“ bei #23,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hawk (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,557 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hawk, with forms such as "ahwk", "hakw", and "hawkk". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "how", "hay", "Heck", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hawk, spelled H-A-W-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habicht
  2. 2
    Beizvogel
  3. 3
    Kriegstreiber

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The hawk is a bird of prey.

Synonyms

warmonger

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahwk
  • hakw
  • hawkk
  • hawwk
  • hhawk
  • hwak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hawk - 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.

ahwk2hakw2hawkk1hawwk1hhawk1hwak2
Edit distance from "hawk"

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 "hawk"?
"hawk" is spelled H-A-W-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "hawk" mean?
As a noun, "hawk" means: Habicht
What words are commonly confused with "hawk"?
"hawk" is commonly confused with "how", "hay", "Heck". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hawk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hawk" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hawk" come from?
"hawk" 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 "hawk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kehl#23,588font#23,518dome#23,478caro#23,462

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

eagle6 variantsSammy6 variantsTölz6 variantswarb6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list