Hoffnungsschimmer
[ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌʃɪmɐ]
The verdict
“Hoffnungsschimmer” is uncommon German (frequency #50,578 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,578
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein wenig Hoffnung
Corpus desk
Index DE-hoffnungsschimmer · Hoffnungsschimmer · German
Hoffnungsschimmer · rank #50,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,578
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Hochzeitsreise
Nearest frequency peer: Hochzeitsreise (-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 “Hoffnungsschimmer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hochrangiger
hochrangiger
49,426 corpus weight
- Hochverrats
Hochverrats
49,425 corpus weight
- Hochzeitsre…
Hochzeitsreise
49,424 corpus weight
- Hoffnungssc…
Hoffnungsschimmer
49,423 corpus weight
- Hofgeismar
Hofgeismar
49,422 corpus weight
- Hokuspokus
Hokuspokus
49,421 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hoffnungsschimmer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hoffnungsschimmer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌʃɪmɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #50,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hoffnungsschimmer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hoffnungsschimmer is uncommon German at frequency #50,578 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌʃɪmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein wenig Hoffnung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hoffnungsschimmer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Hoffnungsschimmer, spelled H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein wenig Hoffnung
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hoffnungsschimmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.