Honigbiene
[ˈhoːnɪçˌbiːnə]
The verdict
“Honigbiene” is an uncommon German word, ranked #74,716 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,716
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vertreter der Insektengattung Apis, welche teilweise von Imkern zur Honigerzeugung gehalten werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Honigbiene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːnɪçˌbiːnə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Honigbiene” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Honigbiene is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhoːnɪçˌbiːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,716 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Honigbiene doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Honigbiene, spelled H-O-N-I-G-B-I-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Vertreter der Insektengattung Apis, welche teilweise von Imkern zur Honigerzeugung gehalten werden
- 2meist die europäische oder westliche Honigbiene Apis mellifera
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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 “Honigbiene”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-N-I-G-B-I-E-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhoːnɪçˌbiːnə] (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.