Holocaust
[ˈhoːlokaʊ̯st]
The verdict
“Holocaust” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,670 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,670
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - massenhafte, systematische Verfolgung, Deportation, Vertreibung, Gettoisierung und Vernichtung europäischer Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holocaust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːlokaʊ̯st] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Holocaust” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Holocaust is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhoːlokaʊ̯st]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,670 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Holocaust, with forms such as "hholocaust", "hloocaust", and "holcoaust". 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 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.
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 Holocaust, spelled H-O-L-O-C-A-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1massenhafte, systematische Verfolgung, Deportation, Vertreibung, Gettoisierung und Vernichtung europäischer Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland
- 2massenhafte, systematische Verfolgung, Deportation, Vertreibung, Gettoisierung und Vernichtung jedweder Gruppen, gegen die das nationalsozialistische Deutschland vorging (Juden, Sinti und Roma, politisch Verfolgte, Homosexuelle, Zeugen Jehovas, Behinderte)
- 3massenhafte Vernichtung menschlichen Lebens
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hholocaust,hloocaust,holcoaust,hollocaust,holoacust,holocasut,holocausst,holocaustt,holocauts,holoccaust,holocuast,hoolcaust,ohlocaust
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Holocaust - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Holocaust”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-L-O-C-A-U-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhoːlokaʊ̯st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.