Hooligan
[ˈhuːliˌɡən]
The verdict
“Hooligan” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,233
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fußball- oder Sportfan, der gerne Gewalt gegen andere Fans (insbesondere Fans anderer bzw. gegnerischer Teams) anwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-hooligan · Hooligan · German
Hooligan · rank #48,233 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,233
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Homs
Nearest frequency peer: Homs (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Hooligan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- holsteinisc…
holsteinische
51,771 corpus weight
- Homos
Homos
51,770 corpus weight
- Homs
Homs
51,769 corpus weight
- Hooligan
Hooligan
51,768 corpus weight
- Hugenotten
Hugenotten
51,767 corpus weight
- Hybris
Hybris
51,765 corpus weight
What this shows „Hooligan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hooligan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhuːliˌɡən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hooligan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Hooligan (IPA [ˈhuːliˌɡən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,233 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fußball- oder Sportfan, der gerne Gewalt gegen andere Fans (insbesondere Fans anderer bzw. gegnerischer Teams) anwendet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hooligan, with forms such as "hhooligan", "holigan", and "holoigan". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Hooligans", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hooligan, spelled H-O-O-L-I-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Fußball- oder Sportfan, der gerne Gewalt gegen andere Fans (insbesondere Fans anderer bzw. gegnerischer Teams) anwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hooligan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hooligan stammt aus dem Englischen und bedeutet übersetzt Randalierer.“
Viele Hooligans organisieren sich in Gruppen und veranstalten Kämpfe mit anderen Gleichgesinnten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhooligan
- holigan
- holoigan
- hooilgan
- hoolgian
- hooliagn
- hooligann
- hooliggan
- hooligna
- hoolligan
- oholigan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hooligan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hooligan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).