horrende

[hɔˈʁɛndə]

/[hɔˈʁɛndə]/ adj

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The verdict

“horrende” is uncommon German (frequency #60,676 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,676
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend

Corpus desk

Index DE-horrende · horrende · German

horrende · rank #60,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,676
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Holzarten

Nearest frequency peer: Holzarten (-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 „horrende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for horrende
PropertyValue
Headwordhorrende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[hɔˈʁɛndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „horrende“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Holzarten“ (#60,675), „humanity“ (#60,677), „Hokkaido“ (#60,674). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „horrende“ bei #60,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

horrende is uncommon German at frequency #60,676 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [hɔˈʁɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

horrende doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 horrende, spelled H-O-R-R-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend

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 "horrende"?
"horrende" is spelled H-O-R-R-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔˈʁɛndə].
What does "horrende" mean?
As an adjective, "horrende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
How do you pronounce "horrende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horrende" is [hɔˈʁɛndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horrende" come from?
"horrende" 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 "horrende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

humanity#60,677Hokkaido#60,674hinzieht#60,670ideellen#60,685

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list