Hochbahn
[ˈhoːxˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Hochbahn” is an uncommon German word, ranked #52,159 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,159
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schienengebundenes Nahverkehrsmittel, das ganz oder zumindest streckenweise in deutlichem Abstand über dem Erdboden verläuft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochbahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hochbahn” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hochbahn is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhoːxˌbaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,159 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schienengebundenes Nahverkehrsmittel, das ganz oder zumindest streckenweise in deutlichem Abstand über dem Erdboden verläuft".
Hochbahn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hochbahn, spelled H-O-C-H-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1schienengebundenes Nahverkehrsmittel, das ganz oder zumindest streckenweise in deutlichem Abstand über dem Erdboden verläuft
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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Using “Hochbahn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-C-H-B-A-H-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.