Horns

[hɔʁns]

/[hɔʁns]/ noun

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The verdict

“Horns” is uncommon German (frequency #58,883 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,883
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Horn

Corpus desk

Index DE-horns · Horns · German

Horns · rank #58,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,883
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hops

Nearest frequency peer: hops (-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 „Horns“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Horns
PropertyValue
HeadwordHorns
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɔʁns]
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Horns“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hornsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hops“ (#58,882), „horses“ (#58,884), „Homoehe“ (#58,881). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Horns“ bei #58,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Horns is uncommon German at frequency #58,883 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɔʁns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Horn".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Horns, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Horns, spelled H-O-R-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Horn

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 "Horns"?
"Horns" is spelled H-O-R-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔʁns].
What does "Horns" mean?
As a noun, "Horns" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Horn
How do you pronounce "Horns"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Horns" is [hɔʁns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Horns" come from?
"Horns" 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 "Horns", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Iduna#58,894Kassa#58,917Kober#58,931Kolja#58,932

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list