human

/[huˈmaːn]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,222

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

human is anGermanadj. It means: menschlich, zum Menschen gehörend Pronounced [huˈmaːn]. It ranks #8,222 in German word frequency. Often confused with Humor and Huren.

Key facts for human
PropertyValue
Headwordhuman
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[huˈmaːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,222
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for human is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [huˈmaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,222 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for human, with forms such as "hhuman", "hmuan", and "huamn". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Humor", "Huren", "hüten", 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 human, spelled H-U-M-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    menschlich, zum Menschen gehörend
  2. 2
    die Menschenwürde wahrend
  3. 3
    wenig streng, wenig unangenehm, gut zu meistern

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhuman,hmuan,huamn,humann,humman,humna,uhman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for human

Misspelling Variants of "human"

hhuman6hmuan5huamn5humann6humman6humna5uhman5
Misspelling Variants of "human"

Frequency rank: #8,222 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "human"?
"human" is spelled H-U-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [huˈmaːn].
What does "human" mean?
As an adj, "human" means: menschlich, zum Menschen gehörend
What words are commonly confused with "human"?
"human" is commonly confused with "Humor", "Huren", "hüten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "human"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "human" is [huˈmaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "human" come from?
"human" 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.