horse

[hɔː(r)s]

/[hɔː(r)s]/ noun

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The verdict

“horse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,773
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauspferd

Corpus desk

Index DE-horse · horse · German

horse · rank #24,773 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,773
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hupen

Nearest frequency peer: Hupen (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „horse“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „horse“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

horse vs Hose
60% similar
horse vs Hure
40% similar
horse vs host
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for horse
PropertyValue
Headwordhorse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɔː(r)s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,773
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „horse“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).horseliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Hupen“ (#24,774), „Hochzeitstag“ (#24,771), „höchstpersönlich“ (#24,775). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „horse“ bei #24,773. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around horse (IPA [hɔː(r)s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,773 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for horse, with forms such as "hhorse", "hores", and "horrse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hose", "Hure", "host", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 horse, spelled H-O-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauspferd
  2. 2
    Tier der Familie der Pferde (Equidae)
  3. 3
    männliches Pferd: Hengst, Wallach
  4. 4
    Kavallerie
  5. 5
    Bock; Pferd im Turnsport
  6. 6
    Heroin

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how horse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There are horses running in the pasture.
  2. He is using saw-horses to trim the boards.

Synonyms

equinegeldingstallioncavalry

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhorse
  • hores
  • horrse
  • horsse
  • hosre
  • hrose
  • ohrse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhorse1hores2horrse1horsse1hosre2hrose2ohrse2
Edit distance from "horse"

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 "horse"?
"horse" is spelled H-O-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔː(r)s].
What does "horse" mean?
As a noun, "horse" means: Hauspferd
What words are commonly confused with "horse"?
"horse" is commonly confused with "Hose", "Hure", "host". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "horse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horse" is [hɔː(r)s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horse" come from?
"horse" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "horse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Hupen#24,774julio#24,792Kappa#24,795Komet#24,802

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Hobbit7 variantsküsste7 variantsLemgo7 variantsMacho7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list