Hospiz

/[hɔsˈpiːt͡s]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,599

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Hospiz is aGermannoun. It means: Pflegeheim für sterbenskranke Menschen Pronounced [hɔsˈpiːt͡s].

Key facts for Hospiz
PropertyValue
HeadwordHospiz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɔsˈpiːt͡s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,599
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Hospiz in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Hospiz is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɔsˈpiːt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,599 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hospiz, with forms such as "hhospiz", "hopsiz", and "hosipz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Hospiz, spelled H-O-S-P-I-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pflegeheim für sterbenskranke Menschen
  2. 2
    im Alpenraum ein Gasthaus für Bergwanderer

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhospiz,hopsiz,hosipz,hospizz,hosppiz,hospzi,hosspiz,hsopiz,ohspiz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hospiz

Misspelling Variants of "Hospiz"

hhospiz7hopsiz6hosipz6hospizz7hosppiz7hospzi6hosspiz7hsopiz6
Misspelling Variants of "Hospiz"

Frequency rank: #25,599 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hospiz"?
"Hospiz" is spelled H-O-S-P-I-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔsˈpiːt͡s].
What does "Hospiz" mean?
As a noun, "Hospiz" means: Pflegeheim für sterbenskranke Menschen
What are common misspellings of "Hospiz"?
Common misspellings include "hhospiz", "hopsiz", "hosipz", "hospizz", "hosppiz". The correct spelling is "Hospiz".
How do you pronounce "Hospiz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hospiz" is [hɔsˈpiːt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hospiz" come from?
"Hospiz" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.