Hochmoor

[ˈhoːxˌmoːɐ̯]

/[ˈhoːxˌmoːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hochmoor” is uncommon German (frequency #80,496 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,496
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nährstoffarmes, saures Moor, das ausschließlich aus Niederschlägen und durch aus der Luft eingetragene Nährstoffe genährt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-hochmoor · Hochmoor · German

Hochmoor · rank #80,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,496
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hochklassigen

Nearest frequency peer: hochklassigen (-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 “Hochmoor”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Hochmoor” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hochmoor
PropertyValue
HeadwordHochmoor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhoːxˌmoːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,496
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Hochmoor” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hochmoorliegt hier:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „hochklassigen“ (#80,495), „hochgehoben“ (#80,494), „hippocampus“ (#80,492). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hochmoor is uncommon German at frequency #80,496 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌmoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nährstoffarmes, saures Moor, das ausschließlich aus Niederschlägen und durch aus der Luft eingetragene Nährstoffe genährt wird".

No misspelling variants are generated for Hochmoor in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hochmoor, spelled H-O-C-H-M-O-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    nährstoffarmes, saures Moor, das ausschließlich aus Niederschlägen und durch aus der Luft eingetragene Nährstoffe genährt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Hochmoore sind durch Torfabbau und Nährstoffeinträge aus der Umgebung (Landwirtschaft, Industrie) stark gefährdet. … Die letzten großen Hochmoorgebiete befinden sich in Westsibirien und Kanada.“
  2. „Die Tierwelt wilder Hochmoore ist besonders arten- und auch individuenarm; Regenwürmer, Egel, Muschelkrebse, Asseln, Eintagsfliegen, Weichtiere, Fische und Lurche fehlen meist. Reich vertreten sind dagen die beschalten Amöben, die Bauchhaarlinge und Libellen“.

Synonyms

Regenmoorombothrophes

Antonyms

NiedermoorFlachmoorWiesenmoor

This word in other languages

moor(English)

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 "Hochmoor"?
"Hochmoor" is spelled H-O-C-H-M-O-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhoːxˌmoːɐ̯].
What does "Hochmoor" mean?
As a noun, "Hochmoor" means: nährstoffarmes, saures Moor, das ausschließlich aus Niederschlägen und durch aus der Luft eingetragene Nährstoffe genährt wird
How do you pronounce "Hochmoor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hochmoor" is [ˈhoːxˌmoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hochmoor" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list