hombre

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The verdict

“hombre” is uncommon German (frequency #69,367 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,367
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vernunftbegabtes Lebewesen; Mensch

Corpus desk

Index DE-hombre · hombre · German

hombre · rank #69,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,367
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hochmoderne

Nearest frequency peer: hochmoderne (-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 „hombre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hombre
PropertyValue
Headwordhombre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#69,367
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hombre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hombrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hochmoderne“ (#69,366), „Historiographie“ (#69,364), „Humankapital“ (#69,370). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hombre“ bei #69,367. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hombre is uncommon German at frequency #69,367 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for hombre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is hombre, spelled H-O-M-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    vernunftbegabtes Lebewesen; Mensch
  2. 2
    erwachsener Mensch männlichen Geschlechts; Mann
  3. 3
    verheirateter Mann; Mann, Ehemann
  4. 4
    Kartenspiel für drei Personen; Lomber, L’hombre

Synonyms

ser humanovarónesposomaridojuego del hombre

Antonyms

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 "hombre"?
"hombre" is spelled H-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "hombre" mean?
As a noun, "hombre" means: vernunftbegabtes Lebewesen; Mensch
How do you pronounce "hombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hombre" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list