Herodot

[heʁoˈdɔt]

/[heʁoˈdɔt]/ name

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The verdict

“Herodot” is uncommon German (frequency #50,555 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,555
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antiker griechischer Geschichtsschreiber, Geograph und Völkerkundler

Corpus desk

Index DE-herodot · Herodot · German

Herodot · rank #50,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,555
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Herrscherin

Nearest frequency peer: Herrscherin (+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 „Herodot“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herodot
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerodot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[heʁoˈdɔt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,555
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Herodot“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Herodotfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Herrscherin“ (#50,556), „herausgeholt“ (#50,553), „hervorhebt“ (#50,558). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herodot“ bei #50,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herodot is uncommon German at frequency #50,555 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [heʁoˈdɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antiker griechischer Geschichtsschreiber, Geograph und Völkerkundler".

No misspelling variants are generated for Herodot in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Herodot, spelled H-E-R-O-D-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    antiker griechischer Geschichtsschreiber, Geograph und Völkerkundler

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie sind ein edles und schätzenswertes Volk, wenn auch vom menschlichen Standpunkt aus nicht minder bizarr als die mythischen Stämme, deren Sitten und Körperbau Herodot schildert.“

This word in other languages

Herodotus(English)Hérodote(Français)

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 "Herodot"?
"Herodot" is spelled H-E-R-O-D-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [heʁoˈdɔt].
What does "Herodot" mean?
As a proper noun, "Herodot" means: antiker griechischer Geschichtsschreiber, Geograph und Völkerkundler
How do you pronounce "Herodot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herodot" is [heʁoˈdɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Heubach#50,560heulend#50,562Havarie#50,545Hallein#50,532

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list