HOAI

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The verdict

“HOAI” is uncommon German (frequency #91,740 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,740
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzbezeichnung der Verordnung über die Honorare für Architekten und Ingenieure (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure)

Corpus desk

Index DE-hoai · HOAI · German

HOAI · rank #91,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,740
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hochschwangere

Nearest frequency peer: hochschwangere (+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 „HOAI“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for HOAI
PropertyValue
HeadwordHOAI
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,740
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „HOAI“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).HOAIfällt 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: „hochschwangere“ (#91,741), „hinzuwirken“ (#91,738), „Hochspannungsleitungen“ (#91,742). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „HOAI“ bei #91,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

HOAI is uncommon German at frequency #91,740 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzbezeichnung der Verordnung über die Honorare für Architekten und Ingenieure (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure)".

Zero misspellings are on record for HOAI in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is HOAI, spelled H-O-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kurzbezeichnung der Verordnung über die Honorare für Architekten und Ingenieure (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Kraft Bundesratsbeschluss schreibt die HOAI Ingenieuren und Architekten, in verschiedenen Leistungsphasen ein minimales oder maximales Honorar vor und schränkt die Vertragsfreiheit / Honorarfreiheit beider Berufsstande ein.
  2. „Der Bundesrat hat in der Sitzung vom 07.06.2013 die neue HOAI 2013 mit einigen Korrekturen verabschiedet.“

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 "HOAI"?
"HOAI" is spelled H-O-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "HOAI" mean?
As an abbreviation, "HOAI" means: Kurzbezeichnung der Verordnung über die Honorare für Architekten und Ingenieure (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure)
How do you pronounce "HOAI"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "HOAI" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "HOAI" come from?
"HOAI" 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 "HOAI", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list