Hoboken

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The verdict

“Hoboken” is uncommon German (frequency #98,589 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,589
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New Jersey

Corpus desk

Index DE-hoboken · Hoboken · German

Hoboken · rank #98,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,589
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heulsusen

Nearest frequency peer: Heulsusen (-2 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 „Hoboken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hoboken
PropertyValue
HeadwordHoboken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,589
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hoboken“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Heulsusen“ (#98,587), „heulenden“ (#98,586), „Herzdruckmassage“ (#98,585). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hoboken“ bei #98,589. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hoboken is uncommon German at frequency #98,589 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New Jersey".

No misspelling variants are generated for Hoboken in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Hoboken, spelled H-O-B-O-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New Jersey

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Einmal war sie angeblich unter den verrotteten Bootsanlegern in der Nähe von Hoboken gesehen worden.“
  2. „Ihr Vater hatte auf der anderen Seite des Flusses in Hoboken einen neuen Job gefunden und kam nur an Wochenenden und oft nicht einmal dann nach Hause.“

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 "Hoboken"?
"Hoboken" is spelled H-O-B-O-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Hoboken" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hoboken" means: Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New Jersey
How do you pronounce "Hoboken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hoboken" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hoboken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Holztür#98,601Hautton#98,569haderte#98,552intense#98,636

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list