horcht

[hɔʁçt]

/[hɔʁçt]/ verb

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The verdict

“horcht” is uncommon German (frequency #93,072 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,072
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs horchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-horcht · horcht · German

horcht · rank #93,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,072
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hornets

Nearest frequency peer: hornets (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „horcht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „horcht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for horcht
PropertyValue
Headwordhorcht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɔʁçt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „horcht“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).horchtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hornets“ (#93,073), „holzen“ (#93,070), „hotte“ (#93,074). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „horcht“ bei #93,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

horcht is uncommon German at frequency #93,072 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɔʁçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for horcht, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is horcht, spelled H-O-R-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs horchen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs horchen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs horchen

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 "horcht"?
"horcht" is spelled H-O-R-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔʁçt].
What does "horcht" mean?
As a verb, "horcht" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs horchen
How do you pronounce "horcht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horcht" is [hɔʁçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horcht" come from?
"horcht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

holzen#93,070ignore#93,094Jauche#93,116Jobber#93,119

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list