Horsd’œuvre
[ɔʁˈdøːvʁə]
The verdict
“Horsd’œuvre” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines, appetitanregendes Gericht zur Eröffnung einer Mahlzeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Horsd’œuvre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁˈdøːvʁə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Horsd’œuvre” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Horsd’œuvre is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔʁˈdøːvʁə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kleines, appetitanregendes Gericht zur Eröffnung einer Mahlzeit".
Horsd’œuvre has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Horsd’œuvre, spelled H-O-R-S-D-’-Œ-U-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1kleines, appetitanregendes Gericht zur Eröffnung einer Mahlzeit
This word in other languages
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 “Horsd’œuvre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-R-S-D-’-Œ-U-V-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔʁˈdøːvʁə] (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.