Hörapparat
[ˈhøːɐ̯ʔapaˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Hörapparat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät für Hörgeschädigte, um die Hörfähigkeit zu verbessern
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Index DE-horapparat · Hörapparat · German
Hörapparat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Hörapparat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːɐ̯ʔapaˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hörapparat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hörapparat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhøːɐ̯ʔapaˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät für Hörgeschädigte, um die Hörfähigkeit zu verbessern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hörapparat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hörapparat, spelled H-Ö-R-A-P-P-A-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Gerät für Hörgeschädigte, um die Hörfähigkeit zu verbessern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hörapparat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als ihr Vater sechzig Jahre alt war, brauchte er wegen Hörverlustes ein Hörapparat.
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.