Hiltrud

[ˈhɪltʁuːt]

/[ˈhɪltʁuːt]/ name

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The verdict

“Hiltrud” is uncommon German (frequency #75,763 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,763
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-hiltrud · Hiltrud · German

Hiltrud · rank #75,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,763
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hinfliegen

Nearest frequency peer: hinfliegen (+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 „Hiltrud“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hiltrud
PropertyValue
HeadwordHiltrud
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈhɪltʁuːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,763
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hiltrud“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hiltrudfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hinfliegen“ (#75,764), „Hobart“ (#75,765), „hochentwickelte“ (#75,766). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hiltrud“ bei #75,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hiltrud is uncommon German at frequency #75,763 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhɪltʁuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Hiltrud in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hiltrud, spelled H-I-L-T-R-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

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 "Hiltrud"?
"Hiltrud" is spelled H-I-L-T-R-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪltʁuːt].
What does "Hiltrud" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hiltrud" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Hiltrud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hiltrud" is [ˈhɪltʁuːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hiltrud" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hohlweg#75,774hatschi#75,748hassten#75,747Haarlem#75,740

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list