humanities
[hjuːˈmænətiːz]
The verdict
“humanities” is uncommon German (frequency #84,119 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,119
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs humanity
Corpus desk
Index DE-humanities · humanities · German
humanities · rank #84,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,119
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 „humanities“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Hundeschule
Hundeschule
15,879 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „humanities“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humanities |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hjuːˈmænətiːz] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „humanities“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
humanities is uncommon German at frequency #84,119 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hjuːˈmænətiːz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs humanity".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for humanities, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is humanities, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs humanity
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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