Hoffmann
[ˈhɔfˌman]
The verdict
“Hoffmann” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,088
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-hoffmann · Hoffmann · German
Hoffmann · rank #5,088 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,088
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH global
Nearest frequency peer: global (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Hoffmann“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gemälde
Gemälde
94,916 corpus weight
- Gesichter
Gesichter
94,915 corpus weight
- global
global
94,914 corpus weight
- Hoffmann
Hoffmann
94,913 corpus weight
- Hosen
Hosen
94,912 corpus weight
- if
if
94,911 corpus weight
What this shows „Hoffmann“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hoffmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔfˌman] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hoffmann“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Hoffmann (IPA [ˈhɔfˌman]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,088 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hoffmann, with forms such as "hfofmann", "hhoffmann", and "hoffamnn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Hofmann", "Hohmann", "Hoffmanns", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Hoffmann, spelled H-O-F-F-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hoffmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Herr Hoffmann wollte uns kein Interview geben.
Die Hoffmanns fliegen heute nach Sri Lanka.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hfofmann
- hhoffmann
- hoffamnn
- hoffman
- hoffmmann
- hoffmnan
- hofmfann
- ohffmann
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hoffmann - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hoffmann", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).