Hinduismus
[hɪnduˈɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Hinduismus” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #48,222 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,222
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine der Weltreligionen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hinduismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɪnduˈɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #48,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hinduismus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hinduismus is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɪnduˈɪsmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,222 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine der Weltreligionen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hinduismus, with forms such as "hhinduismus", "hidnuismus", and "hindduismus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Hinduismus, spelled H-I-N-D-U-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1eine der Weltreligionen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhinduismus,hidnuismus,hindduismus,hindiusmus,hinduimsus,hinduismmus,hinduismsu,hinduismuss,hinduissmus,hinduisums,hindusimus,hinnduismus,hinudismus,hniduismus,ihnduismus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hinduismus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Hinduismus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-N-D-U-I-S-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɪnduˈɪsmʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.