hick

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The verdict

“hick” is uncommon German (frequency #90,423 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,423
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tölpel,der Hinterwäldler

Corpus desk

Index DE-hick · hick · German

hick · rank #90,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,423
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Herzklappen

Nearest frequency peer: Herzklappen (-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 „hick“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hick
PropertyValue
Headwordhick
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,423
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hick“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Herzklappen“ (#90,422), „hilfsbereiten“ (#90,425), „herumführen“ (#90,420). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hick“ bei #90,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hick is uncommon German at frequency #90,423 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tölpel,der Hinterwäldler".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hick in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is hick, spelled H-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tölpel,der Hinterwäldler

Synonyms

hillbilly

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 "hick"?
"hick" is spelled H-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "hick" mean?
As a noun, "hick" means: Tölpel,der Hinterwäldler
How do you pronounce "hick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hick" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hick" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Jett#90,485kama#90,495Golm#90,345kerb#90,503

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list