Hotzenwald
[ˈhɔt͡sn̩ˌvalt]
The verdict
“Hotzenwald” is uncommon German (frequency #84,117 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,117
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landschaft zwischen Südschwarzwald und Hochrhein im Südwesten Baden-Württembergs
Corpus desk
Index DE-hotzenwald · Hotzenwald · German
Hotzenwald · rank #84,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,117
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH huan
Nearest frequency peer: huan (+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 „Hotzenwald“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hospitality
hospitality
15,886 corpus weight
- Hotzenwald
Hotzenwald
15,884 corpus weight
- huan
huan
15,883 corpus weight
- humanities
humanities
15,882 corpus weight
- Hundehaufen
Hundehaufen
15,881 corpus weight
- Hunderasse
Hunderasse
15,880 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hotzenwald“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hotzenwald |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔt͡sn̩ˌvalt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hotzenwald“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hotzenwald is uncommon German at frequency #84,117 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhɔt͡sn̩ˌvalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Landschaft zwischen Südschwarzwald und Hochrhein im Südwesten Baden-Württembergs".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hotzenwald in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hotzenwald, spelled H-O-T-Z-E-N-W-A-L-D.
Definition
- 1Landschaft zwischen Südschwarzwald und Hochrhein im Südwesten Baden-Württembergs
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hotzenwald appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Viele Freiburger scheinen den Hotzenwald zu lieben oder wollen ihn kennenlernen, denn sie bildeten neben den Schweizern aus dem Kanton Aargau das größte Kontingent.“
„Vor 90 Jahren wurden auf dem Hotzenwald erste motorlose Flüge unternommen.“
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.
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