Horb

[hɔʁp]

/[hɔʁp]/ name

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The verdict

“Horb” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,405
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-horb · Horb · German

Horb · rank #36,405 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,405
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Honnef

Nearest frequency peer: Honnef (-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 „Horb“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Horb“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Horb vs how
25% similar
Horb vs hot
25% similar
Horb vs Hub
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Horb
PropertyValue
HeadwordHorb
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[hɔʁp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,405
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Horb“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Horbliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Honnef“ (#36,404), „Horoskop“ (#36,406), „homöopathische“ (#36,403). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Horb“ bei #36,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Horb (IPA [hɔʁp]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,405 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Horb, with forms such as "hhorb", "hobr", and "horbb". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "how", "hot", "Hub", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Horb, spelled H-O-R-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Horb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Horb liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

Synonyms

Horb am Neckar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhorb
  • hobr
  • horbb
  • horrb
  • hrob
  • ohrb

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Horb - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhorb1hobr2horbb1horrb1hrob2ohrb2
Edit distance from "Horb"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Horb"?
"Horb" is spelled H-O-R-B. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔʁp].
What does "Horb" mean?
As a proper noun, "Horb" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Horb"?
"Horb" is commonly confused with "how", "hot", "Hub". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Horb"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Horb" is [hɔʁp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Horb" come from?
"Horb" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Horb", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hana#36,380kehr#36,440gens#36,355lung#36,488

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Monet6 variantsmoose6 variantspins6 variantsByte6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list