HTML

/[ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,546

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

HTML is aGermannoun. It means: Abkürzung für die Formatierungssprache Hypertext Markup Language Pronounced [ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl]. It ranks #6,546 in German word frequency. Often confused with hum and HTTP.

Key facts for HTML
PropertyValue
HeadwordHTML
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,546
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for HTML is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,546 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abkürzung für die Formatierungssprache Hypertext Markup Language".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for HTML, with forms such as "hhtml", "hmtl", and "htlm". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hum", "HTTP", "HTML5", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 HTML, spelled H-T-M-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für die Formatierungssprache Hypertext Markup Language

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhtml,hmtl,htlm,htmll,htmml,httml,thml

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for HTML

Misspelling Variants of "HTML"

hhtml5hmtl4htlm4htmll5htmml5httml5thml4
Misspelling Variants of "HTML"

Frequency rank: #6,546 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "HTML"?
"HTML" is spelled H-T-M-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl].
What does "HTML" mean?
As a noun, "HTML" means: Abkürzung für die Formatierungssprache Hypertext Markup Language
What words are commonly confused with "HTML"?
"HTML" is commonly confused with "hum", "HTTP", "HTML5". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "HTML"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "HTML" is [ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "HTML" come from?
"HTML" 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.