hippocampus

[ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs]

/[ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs]/ noun

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The verdict

“hippocampus” is uncommon German (frequency #80,492 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,492
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hippocampus, Ammonshorn

Corpus desk

Index DE-hippocampus · hippocampus · German

hippocampus · rank #80,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,492
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hinweises

Nearest frequency peer: Hinweises (-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 „hippocampus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hippocampus
PropertyValue
Headwordhippocampus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,492
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hippocampus“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).hippocampusfällt 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: „Hinweises“ (#80,491), „hochgehoben“ (#80,494), „hintergehen“ (#80,489). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hippocampus“ bei #80,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hippocampus is uncommon German at frequency #80,492 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

hippocampus has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 hippocampus, spelled H-I-P-P-O-C-A-M-P-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hippocampus, Ammonshorn
  2. 2
    Hippokamp

Synonyms

hippocamp

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 "hippocampus"?
"hippocampus" is spelled H-I-P-P-O-C-A-M-P-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs].
What does "hippocampus" mean?
As a noun, "hippocampus" means: Hippocampus, Ammonshorn
How do you pronounce "hippocampus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hippocampus" is [ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hippocampus" come from?
"hippocampus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hochgehoben#80,494hintergehen#80,489Hilfsdienst#80,485Hilfsaktion#80,484

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list