Herbsttag
[ˈhɛʁpstˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Herbsttag” is uncommon German (frequency #91,728 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,728
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tag im Herbst
Corpus desk
Index DE-herbsttag · Herbsttag · German
Herbsttag · rank #91,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,728
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Herabstufung
Nearest frequency peer: Herabstufung (-2 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 “Herbsttag”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Heimatlosen
Heimatlosen
8,277 corpus weight
- Heimlichkeit
Heimlichkeit
8,276 corpus weight
- Herabstufung
Herabstufung
8,275 corpus weight
- Herbsttag
Herbsttag
8,273 corpus weight
- herumsitzen
herumsitzen
8,270 corpus weight
- herzuleiten
herzuleiten
8,269 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Herbsttag” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herbsttag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁpstˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Herbsttag” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Herbsttag is uncommon German at frequency #91,728 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁpstˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tag im Herbst".
Zero misspellings are on record for Herbsttag in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Herbsttag, spelled H-E-R-B-S-T-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Tag im Herbst
Antonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herbsttag", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.