Hippodrom
[hɪpoˈdʁoːm]
The verdict
“Hippodrom” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reitbahn häufig mit Gebäude, antike Pferderennbahn
Corpus desk
Index DE-hippodrom · Hippodrom · German
Hippodrom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hippodrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɪpoˈdʁoːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hippodrom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hippodrom is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɪpoˈdʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reitbahn häufig mit Gebäude, antike Pferderennbahn".
Hippodrom doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Hippodrom, spelled H-I-P-P-O-D-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1Reitbahn häufig mit Gebäude, antike Pferderennbahn
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hippodrom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachmittags ging es auf das Hippodrom.
This word in other languages
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