hoe
[həʊ]
The verdict
“hoe” is uncommon German (frequency #76,901 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,901
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Handwerkzeug mit einem quer geschäfteten Blatt zur Bodenbearbeitung, insbesondere zur Lockerung und zum Lösen des Bodens
Corpus desk
Index DE-hoe · hoe · German
hoe · rank #76,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,901
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hochzeitsgesc…
Nearest frequency peer: Hochzeitsgeschenk (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hoe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hochnäsig
hochnäsig
23,102 corpus weight
- Hochzeitsge…
Hochzeitsgeschenk
23,101 corpus weight
- hoe
hoe
23,100 corpus weight
- hoheitlichen
hoheitlichen
23,099 corpus weight
- Holzkonstru…
Holzkonstruktion
23,097 corpus weight
- Horoskope
Horoskope
23,096 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hoe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hoe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [həʊ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #76,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hoe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hoe is uncommon German at frequency #76,901 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [həʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Handwerkzeug mit einem quer geschäfteten Blatt zur Bodenbearbeitung, insbesondere zur Lockerung und zum Lösen des Bodens".
No misspelling variants are generated for hoe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hoe, spelled H-O-E.
Definition
- 1ein Handwerkzeug mit einem quer geschäfteten Blatt zur Bodenbearbeitung, insbesondere zur Lockerung und zum Lösen des Bodens
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hoe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The farmer works with a hoe in his little field.
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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