hocherfreut
[ˈhoːxʔɛɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯t]
The verdict
“hocherfreut” is uncommon German (frequency #62,508 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,508
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - besonders erfreut; durch etwas oder jemanden sehr positiv gestimmt sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-hocherfreut · hocherfreut · German
hocherfreut · rank #62,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,508
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Hobel
Nearest frequency peer: Hobel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hocherfreut”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hinlegt
hinlegt
37,496 corpus weight
- Hinterlasse…
Hinterlassenschaft
37,495 corpus weight
- Hobel
Hobel
37,494 corpus weight
- hocherfreut
hocherfreut
37,493 corpus weight
- hoffnungsvo…
hoffnungsvolle
37,492 corpus weight
- Hologramm
Hologramm
37,491 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hocherfreut” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hocherfreut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxʔɛɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hocherfreut” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hocherfreut is uncommon German at frequency #62,508 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhoːxʔɛɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders erfreut; durch etwas oder jemanden sehr positiv gestimmt sein".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hocherfreut, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is hocherfreut, spelled H-O-C-H-E-R-F-R-E-U-T.
Definition
- 1besonders erfreut; durch etwas oder jemanden sehr positiv gestimmt sein
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hocherfreut", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.