honeymoon
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The verdict
“honeymoon” is uncommon German (frequency #82,894 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,894
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Zeitabschnitt nach der Hochzeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-honeymoon · honeymoon · German
honeymoon · rank #82,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,894
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Homöopathen
Nearest frequency peer: Homöopathen (-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 “honeymoon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hockte
hockte
17,111 corpus weight
- holidays
holidays
17,109 corpus weight
- Homöopathen
Homöopathen
17,108 corpus weight
- honeymoon
honeymoon
17,107 corpus weight
- humorvoller
humorvoller
17,105 corpus weight
- hunters
hunters
17,104 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “honeymoon” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | honeymoon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “honeymoon” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
honeymoon is uncommon German at frequency #82,894 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for honeymoon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is honeymoon, spelled H-O-N-E-Y-M-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1der Zeitabschnitt nach der Hochzeit
- 2Reise, die ein Ehepaar nach der Hochzeit unternimmt
- 3ein Zeitabschnitt nach Einrichtung einer neuen Beziehung, der von ungewöhnlicher Harmonie geprägt ist
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 "honeymoon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.