Hitliste

[ˈhɪtˌlɪstə]

/[ˈhɪtˌlɪstə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hitliste” is uncommon German (frequency #79,294 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,294
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liste besonders beliebter/erfolgreicher Dinge

Corpus desk

Index DE-hitliste · Hitliste · German

Hitliste · rank #79,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,294
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hiobsbotschaft

Nearest frequency peer: Hiobsbotschaft (-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 „Hitliste“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hitliste
PropertyValue
HeadwordHitliste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɪtˌlɪstə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hitliste“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hiobsbotschaft“ (#79,293), „Highscore“ (#79,291), „Hofdamen“ (#79,297). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hitliste“ bei #79,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hitliste is uncommon German at frequency #79,294 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪtˌlɪstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Hitliste has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Hitliste, spelled H-I-T-L-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liste besonders beliebter/erfolgreicher Dinge
  2. 2
    Liste der erfolgreichsten Schlager

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hitliste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dann führte es 300 Tage lang die Hitliste der Apps an.“
  2. „In der Hitliste der weiblichen Vornamen sind sie nicht vertreten.“

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 "Hitliste"?
"Hitliste" is spelled H-I-T-L-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪtˌlɪstə].
What does "Hitliste" mean?
As a noun, "Hitliste" means: Liste besonders beliebter/erfolgreicher Dinge
How do you pronounce "Hitliste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hitliste" is [ˈhɪtˌlɪstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hitliste" come from?
"Hitliste" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hofdamen#79,297herrisch#79,285häufigem#79,309heiligem#79,279

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list