Höchsttemperatur
[ˈhøːçsttɛmpəʁaˌtuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Höchsttemperatur” is uncommon German (frequency #71,467 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,467
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die höchste, in einem bestimmten Zeitraum erreichte Temperatur
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Höchsttemperatur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːçsttɛmpəʁaˌtuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #71,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Höchsttemperatur” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Höchsttemperatur is uncommon German at frequency #71,467 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhøːçsttɛmpəʁaˌtuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die höchste, in einem bestimmten Zeitraum erreichte Temperatur".
Höchsttemperatur has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Höchsttemperatur, spelled H-Ö-C-H-S-T-T-E-M-P-E-R-A-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1die höchste, in einem bestimmten Zeitraum erreichte Temperatur
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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 “Höchsttemperatur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ö-C-H-S-T-T-E-M-P-E-R-A-T-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.