HDTV
[haːdeːteːˈfaʊ̯]
The verdict
“HDTV” is uncommon German (frequency #85,353 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,353
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - high-definition television — hochauflösendes Fernsehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hdtv · HDTV · German
HDTV · rank #85,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,353
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Hedonismus
Nearest frequency peer: Hedonismus (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “HDTV”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hauptkirche
Hauptkirche
14,652 corpus weight
- Hausgeräte
Hausgeräte
14,651 corpus weight
- HDTV
HDTV
14,648 corpus weight
- Hedonismus
Hedonismus
14,647 corpus weight
- hehren
hehren
14,646 corpus weight
- Heimatvertr…
Heimatvertriebenen
14,644 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “HDTV” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | HDTV |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [haːdeːteːˈfaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “HDTV” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
HDTV is uncommon German at frequency #85,353 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [haːdeːteːˈfaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "high-definition television — hochauflösendes Fernsehen".
HDTV has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 HDTV, spelled H-D-T-V.
Definition
- 1high-definition television — hochauflösendes Fernsehen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.