Hornisse

[hɔʁˈnɪsə]

/[hɔʁˈnɪsə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hornisse” is uncommon German (frequency #94,418 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,418
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art der Faltenwespen, die der Gattung der Großwespen (siehe [2]) angehört

Corpus desk

Index DE-hornisse · Hornisse · German

Hornisse · rank #94,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,418
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH homies

Nearest frequency peer: homies (-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 „Hornisse“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hornisse
PropertyValue
HeadwordHornisse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɔʁˈnɪsə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,418
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hornisse“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hornissefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „homies“ (#94,417), „Holzfiguren“ (#94,416), „hostess“ (#94,420). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hornisse“ bei #94,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hornisse is uncommon German at frequency #94,418 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɔʁˈnɪsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hornisse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hornisse, spelled H-O-R-N-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art der Faltenwespen, die der Gattung der Großwespen (siehe [2]) angehört
  2. 2
    Sammelbezeichnung für die Gattung Vespa oder Großwespen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Stich einer Hornisse ist nicht gefährlicher als derjenige einer Biene.
  2. „Zwei Hornissen stachen ihn fast zu gleicher Zeit, er brüllte vor Entsetzen und warf sein Gewehr weg.“

Synonyms

Vespa crabroVespaGroßwespe

This word in other languages

hornet(English)frelon(Français)vespa(Português)

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 "Hornisse"?
"Hornisse" is spelled H-O-R-N-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔʁˈnɪsə].
What does "Hornisse" mean?
As a noun, "Hornisse" means: Art der Faltenwespen, die der Gattung der Großwespen (siehe [2]) angehört
How do you pronounce "Hornisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hornisse" is [hɔʁˈnɪsə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hämmerle#94,427Häuflein#94,428Hörprobe#94,432intaktes#94,447

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list