Hochwürden
[ˈhoːxˌvʏʁdn̩]
The verdict
“Hochwürden” is uncommon German (frequency #78,121 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,121
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ehrenvoller Titel und Anrede für (katholische) Priester sowie höhere evangelische Geistliche (auch „Euer Hochwürden“)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochwürden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌvʏʁdn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hochwürden” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hochwürden is uncommon German at frequency #78,121 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌvʏʁdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ehrenvoller Titel und Anrede für (katholische) Priester sowie höhere evangelische Geistliche (auch „Euer Hochwürden“)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hochwürden, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hochwürden, spelled H-O-C-H-W-Ü-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1ehrenvoller Titel und Anrede für (katholische) Priester sowie höhere evangelische Geistliche (auch „Euer Hochwürden“)
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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Using “Hochwürden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-C-H-W-Ü-R-D-E-N - 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.