Hörschall
[ˈhøːɐ̯ˌʃal]
The verdict
“Hörschall” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich zwischen 16 Hertz bis 20 Kilohertz liegt und somit für Menschen hörbar ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hörschall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːɐ̯ˌʃal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hörschall” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hörschall is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhøːɐ̯ˌʃal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich zwischen 16 Hertz bis 20 Kilohertz liegt und somit für Menschen hörbar ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hörschall, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hörschall, spelled H-Ö-R-S-C-H-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Schall, dessen Frequenzbereich zwischen 16 Hertz bis 20 Kilohertz liegt und somit für Menschen hörbar ist
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Hörschall”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ö-R-S-C-H-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhøːɐ̯ˌʃal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
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.