Hornbrille
[ˈhɔʁnˌbʁɪlə]
The verdict
“Hornbrille” is uncommon German (frequency #98,604 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,604
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sehhilfe mit einem klobigen, breiten, ursprünglich aus Horn, heute auch aus Kunststoff gefertigten Rahmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hornbrille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔʁnˌbʁɪlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hornbrille” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hornbrille is uncommon German at frequency #98,604 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɔʁnˌbʁɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sehhilfe mit einem klobigen, breiten, ursprünglich aus Horn, heute auch aus Kunststoff gefertigten Rahmen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hornbrille in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Hornbrille, spelled H-O-R-N-B-R-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sehhilfe mit einem klobigen, breiten, ursprünglich aus Horn, heute auch aus Kunststoff gefertigten Rahmen
Synonyms
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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Using “Hornbrille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-R-N-B-R-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.