Hornissen
[hɔʁˈnɪsn̩]
The verdict
“Hornissen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,620 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,620
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hornisse
Corpus desk
Index DE-hornissen · Hornissen · German
Hornissen · rank #54,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,620
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hornberg
Nearest frequency peer: Hornberg (-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 „Hornissen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Homie
Homie
45,384 corpus weight
- Hornberg
Hornberg
45,382 corpus weight
- Hornissen
Hornissen
45,381 corpus weight
- Hosentaschen
Hosentaschen
45,380 corpus weight
- Höppner
Höppner
45,379 corpus weight
- hüllt
hüllt
45,378 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hornissen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hornissen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɔʁˈnɪsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hornissen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hornissen is uncommon German at frequency #54,620 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɔʁˈnɪsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Hornissen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hornissen, spelled H-O-R-N-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hornisse
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Hornisse
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Hornisse
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Hornisse
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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