Hufschmied
[ˈhuːfˌʃmiːt]
The verdict
“Hufschmied” is uncommon German (frequency #89,086 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,086
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der berufsmäßig Tierhufe beschlägt und die Beschläge herstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hufschmied · Hufschmied · German
Hufschmied · rank #89,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,086
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH hott
Nearest frequency peer: hott (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hufschmied”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Holzhammer
Holzhammer
10,918 corpus weight
- Hosenbein
Hosenbein
10,917 corpus weight
- hott
hott
10,916 corpus weight
- Hufschmied
Hufschmied
10,915 corpus weight
- huschte
huschte
10,913 corpus weight
- hängten
hängten
10,911 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hufschmied” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hufschmied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhuːfˌʃmiːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hufschmied” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hufschmied is uncommon German at frequency #89,086 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhuːfˌʃmiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der berufsmäßig Tierhufe beschlägt und die Beschläge herstellt".
Hufschmied has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hufschmied, spelled H-U-F-S-C-H-M-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1jemand, der berufsmäßig Tierhufe beschlägt und die Beschläge herstellt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hufschmied", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.