Honigkuchen
[ˈhoːnɪçˌkuːxn̩]
The verdict
“Honigkuchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lebkuchenähnliches Gebäck, das zu mindestens 50 % aus Honig besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-honigkuchen · Honigkuchen · German
Honigkuchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Honigkuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːnɪçˌkuːxn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Honigkuchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Honigkuchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːnɪçˌkuːxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lebkuchenähnliches Gebäck, das zu mindestens 50 % aus Honig besteht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Honigkuchen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Honigkuchen, spelled H-O-N-I-G-K-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1lebkuchenähnliches Gebäck, das zu mindestens 50 % aus Honig besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Honigkuchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Honigkuchen ist eine Nürnberger Spezialität.
„Da wurden Honigkuchen gebacken und Apfelstrudel, süße Rosinen- und Mandelfladen und allerlei Leckerbissen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.