hopf
[hɔp͡f]
The verdict
“hopf” is uncommon German (frequency #59,736 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,736
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hopfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hopf · hopf · German
hopf · rank #59,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,736
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH honorieren
Nearest frequency peer: honorieren (-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 “hopf”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hofladen
Hofladen
40,268 corpus weight
- Honk
Honk
40,267 corpus weight
- honorieren
honorieren
40,266 corpus weight
- hopf
hopf
40,265 corpus weight
- hora
hora
40,264 corpus weight
- humanistisch
humanistisch
40,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hopf” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hopf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hopf is uncommon German at frequency #59,736 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɔp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hopfen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hopf, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hopf, spelled H-O-P-F.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hopfen
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 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.