Hobart

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The verdict

“Hobart” is uncommon German (frequency #75,765 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,765
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaats Tasmanien

Corpus desk

Index DE-hobart · Hobart · German

Hobart · rank #75,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,765
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hinfliegen

Nearest frequency peer: hinfliegen (-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 „Hobart“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hobart
PropertyValue
HeadwordHobart
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,765
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hobart“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Hobartfällt 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: „hinfliegen“ (#75,764), „hochentwickelte“ (#75,766), „Hiltrud“ (#75,763). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hobart“ bei #75,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hobart is uncommon German at frequency #75,765 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaats Tasmanien".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hobart, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hobart, spelled H-O-B-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaats Tasmanien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Wie die Zeitungen berichteten, stachen wir am 2. September 1930 vom Bostoner Hafen aus in See, segelten gemächlich die Küste hinab und durch den Panamakanal, legten in Samoa und Hobart, Tasmanien, an, wo wir letzte Vorräte aufnahmen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Hobart"?
"Hobart" is spelled H-O-B-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Hobart" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hobart" means: Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaats Tasmanien
How do you pronounce "Hobart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hobart" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hobart" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list