Horizont
[hoʁiˈt͡sɔnt]
The verdict
“Horizont” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,487
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grenzlinie zwischen der sichtbaren Erde und dem Himmel
Corpus desk
Index DE-horizont · Horizont · German
Horizont · rank #7,487 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,487
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hole
Nearest frequency peer: hole (-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 “Horizont”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- heimischen
heimischen
92,517 corpus weight
- Herrscher
Herrscher
92,516 corpus weight
- hole
hole
92,515 corpus weight
- Horizont
Horizont
92,514 corpus weight
- Instanz
Instanz
92,513 corpus weight
- Investition
Investition
92,512 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Horizont” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Horizont |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hoʁiˈt͡sɔnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Horizont” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Horizont (IPA [hoʁiˈt͡sɔnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,487 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Horizont, with forms such as "hhorizont", "hoirzont", and "horioznt". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Horizonte", "horizontal", "horizon", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Horizont, spelled H-O-R-I-Z-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Grenzlinie zwischen der sichtbaren Erde und dem Himmel
- 2geistiger Gesichtskreis, Enge oder Weite der Bildung, Grad von Einsicht oder Verständnis
- 3Zukunftsaussichten, Hoffnungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Horizont appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Horizont im mathematischen Sinn ist ein Großkreis, der die Sphäre oder Himmelskugel in zwei gleiche Hälften teilt und dessen oberer Pol der Zenit ist, der Gegenpol heißt Nadir.
Am westlichen Horizonte ging hinter Wolken trübe die Sonne unter; am nächsten Tage würden von dort schwarze Regenwolken aufziehen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhorizont
- hoirzont
- horioznt
- horiznot
- horizonnt
- horizontt
- horizotn
- horizzont
- horrizont
- horziont
- hroizont
- ohrizont
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Horizont - 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.
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 "Horizont", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Horizont" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Horizonte". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,487 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.