hitman
[ˈhɪtmæn]
The verdict
“hitman” is uncommon German (frequency #52,157 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,157
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Auftragsmörder, der Killer
Corpus desk
Index DE-hitman · hitman · German
hitman · rank #52,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,157
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH hierarchische
Nearest frequency peer: hierarchische (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hitman”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- heterogen
heterogen
47,847 corpus weight
- heterogenen
heterogenen
47,846 corpus weight
- hierarchisc…
hierarchische
47,845 corpus weight
- hitman
hitman
47,844 corpus weight
- Hochaltar
Hochaltar
47,843 corpus weight
- Hochbahn
Hochbahn
47,842 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hitman” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hitman |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪtmæn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hitman” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hitman is uncommon German at frequency #52,157 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪtmæn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Auftragsmörder, der Killer".
hitman has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hitman, spelled H-I-T-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1der Auftragsmörder, der Killer
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hitman", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.