hoho

[hoˈhoː]

/[hoˈhoː]/ intj

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The verdict

“hoho” is uncommon German (frequency #91,747 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,747
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf der Verwunderung oder der (überlegenen) Ablehnung

Corpus desk

Index DE-hoho · hoho · German

hoho · rank #91,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,747
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH holprige

Nearest frequency peer: holprige (+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 „hoho“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hoho“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hoho
PropertyValue
Headwordhoho
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[hoˈhoː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,747
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hoho“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.hohofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „holprige“ (#91,748), „Hofmanns“ (#91,745), „Holzspielzeug“ (#91,749). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hoho“ bei #91,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hoho is uncommon German at frequency #91,747 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [hoˈhoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausruf der Verwunderung oder der (überlegenen) Ablehnung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hoho, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hoho, spelled H-O-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausruf der Verwunderung oder der (überlegenen) Ablehnung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hoho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hoho, das hätte ich jetzt aber nicht vermutet!
  2. Hoho, diese Behauptung müsst ihr aber noch beweisen!

This word in other languages

oho(English)oh là, là(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hoho"?
"hoho" is spelled H-O-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [hoˈhoː].
What does "hoho" mean?
As an interjection, "hoho" means: Ausruf der Verwunderung oder der (überlegenen) Ablehnung
How do you pronounce "hoho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hoho" is [hoˈhoː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hoho" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hoho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

HOAI#91,740IAAF#91,759IfSG#91,761gurk#91,697

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list