hochachtungsvoll
[ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl]
The verdict
“hochachtungsvoll” is uncommon German (frequency #65,347 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,347
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höfliche, sehr förmliche Schlussfloskel, vor allem in amtlichen Schreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochachtungsvoll · hochachtungsvoll · German
hochachtungsvoll · rank #65,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,347
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Histologie
Nearest frequency peer: Histologie (-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 „hochachtungsvoll“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hilfsangebo…
Hilfsangebote
34,657 corpus weight
- Himalaja
Himalaja
34,656 corpus weight
- Histologie
Histologie
34,655 corpus weight
- hochachtung…
hochachtungsvoll
34,654 corpus weight
- hochbegabten
hochbegabten
34,653 corpus weight
- hochlädt
hochlädt
34,652 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hochachtungsvoll“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hochachtungsvoll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #65,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hochachtungsvoll“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hochachtungsvoll is uncommon German at frequency #65,347 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hochachtungsvoll in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is hochachtungsvoll, spelled H-O-C-H-A-C-H-T-U-N-G-S-V-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1höfliche, sehr förmliche Schlussfloskel, vor allem in amtlichen Schreiben
- 2voller Bewunderung, voller Hochachtung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hochachtungsvoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So haben die Sprachwissenschaftler in einer Befragung in Bochum festgestellt, dass einige Bürger auf den Gruß „hochachtungsvoll“ bei Amtsschreiben Wert legen.
„In anderen Bereichen in denen er nicht verpflichtet ist, tut der Staat sehr viel. Weshalb aber nicht bei den selbstverständlichsten Bürgerrechten? Mit hochachtungsvollsten Grüßen“
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.
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