hoch

/[hoːx]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#451

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hoch is anGermanadj. It means: weit oben befindlich Pronounced [hoːx]. It ranks #451 in German word frequency. Often confused with Hof and hör.

Key facts for hoch
PropertyValue
Headwordhoch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[hoːx]
Letters4
Frequency rank#451
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hoch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hoch is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hoːx]. Corpus data places it at rank #451 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for hoch, with forms such as "hcoh", "hhoch", and "hocch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hof", "hör", "how", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hoch, spelled H-O-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weit oben befindlich
  2. 2
    groß in der Ausdehnung nach oben; eine bestimmte Höhe aufweisend
  3. 3
    akustische Wahrnehmung: mit großer Schwingungszahl
  4. 4
    vornehm, im Rang weit oben stehend
  5. 5
    hoch … : zur …-ten Potenz erhoben
  6. 6
    der Menge nach weit oben liegend
  7. 7
    dem Wert nach weit oben liegend
  8. 8
    zeitlich fortgeschritten
  9. 9
    im Sinne von in Richtung nach oben
  10. 10
    nicht verstehen, zu schwierig
  11. 11
    von starkem Ausmaß, von großer Intensität

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hcoh,hhoch,hocch,hochh,hohc,ohch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hoch

Misspelling Variants of "hoch"

hcoh4hhoch5hocch5hochh5hohc4ohch4
Misspelling Variants of "hoch"

Frequency rank: #451 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hoch"?
"hoch" is spelled H-O-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [hoːx].
What does "hoch" mean?
As an adj, "hoch" means: weit oben befindlich
What words are commonly confused with "hoch"?
"hoch" is commonly confused with "Hof", "hör", "how". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hoch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hoch" is [hoːx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hoch" come from?
"hoch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter H in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.