Hexenwerk
[ˈhɛksn̩ˌvɛʁk]
The verdict
“Hexenwerk” is uncommon German (frequency #78,110 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,110
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas sehr Kompliziertes, mindestens Komplexes, teilweise durch das Zusammenwirken verschiedener Faktoren Undurchschaubares
Corpus desk
Index DE-hexenwerk · Hexenwerk · German
Hexenwerk · rank #78,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,110
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hexenmeister
Nearest frequency peer: Hexenmeister (-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 „Hexenwerk“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- herzhaftes
herzhaftes
21,896 corpus weight
- Hexenmeister
Hexenmeister
21,892 corpus weight
- Hexenwerk
Hexenwerk
21,891 corpus weight
- hingeworfen
hingeworfen
21,888 corpus weight
- hinterlegte
hinterlegte
21,887 corpus weight
- hinzufahren
hinzufahren
21,886 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hexenwerk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hexenwerk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛksn̩ˌvɛʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hexenwerk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hexenwerk is uncommon German at frequency #78,110 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛksn̩ˌvɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas sehr Kompliziertes, mindestens Komplexes, teilweise durch das Zusammenwirken verschiedener Faktoren Undurchschaubares".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hexenwerk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hexenwerk, spelled H-E-X-E-N-W-E-R-K.
Definition
- 1etwas sehr Kompliziertes, mindestens Komplexes, teilweise durch das Zusammenwirken verschiedener Faktoren Undurchschaubares
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hexenwerk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Abfassung eines Wiktionary-Eintrags ist kein Hexenwerk.
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).