HSS
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The verdict
“HSS” is uncommon German (frequency #55,423 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,423
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von englisch: High Speed Steel, veralteter Ausdruck für Schnellarbeitsstahl
Corpus desk
Index DE-hss · HSS · German
HSS · rank #55,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,423
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH however
Nearest frequency peer: however (-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 „HSS“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hostels
Hostels
44,580 corpus weight
- however
however
44,579 corpus weight
- HSS
HSS
44,578 corpus weight
- huge
huge
44,576 corpus weight
- hula
hula
44,575 corpus weight
- Höhenmetern
Höhenmetern
44,573 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „HSS“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | HSS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #55,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „HSS“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
HSS is uncommon German at frequency #55,423 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von englisch: High Speed Steel, veralteter Ausdruck für Schnellarbeitsstahl".
No generated misspelling entries exist for HSS in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is HSS, spelled H-S-S.
Definition
- 1von englisch: High Speed Steel, veralteter Ausdruck für Schnellarbeitsstahl
Synonyms
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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