Honshu
[ˈhɔnʃu]
The verdict
“Honshu” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die größte der vier Hauptinseln Japans, die das Kernland Japans ausmacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-honshu · Honshu · German
Honshu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Honshu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔnʃu] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Honshu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Honshu is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhɔnʃu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die größte der vier Hauptinseln Japans, die das Kernland Japans ausmacht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Honshu, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Honshu, spelled H-O-N-S-H-U.
Definition
- 1die größte der vier Hauptinseln Japans, die das Kernland Japans ausmacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Honshu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tokio liegt auf Honshu.
„Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,4 hat die japanische Hauptinsel Honshu erschüttert.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.