Hummus
[ˈhʊmʊs]
The verdict
“Hummus” is an uncommon German word, ranked #59,741 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,741
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Brei aus Kichererbsen mit verschiedenen Gewürzen und Ölen, der traditionell im arabischen Raum und Israel als Vorspeise mit Fladenbrot gegessen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hummus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhʊmʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hummus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hummus is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhʊmʊs]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,741 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Brei aus Kichererbsen mit verschiedenen Gewürzen und Ölen, der traditionell im arabischen Raum und Israel als Vorspeise mit Fladenbrot gegessen wird".
Hummus has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hummus, spelled H-U-M-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Brei aus Kichererbsen mit verschiedenen Gewürzen und Ölen, der traditionell im arabischen Raum und Israel als Vorspeise mit Fladenbrot gegessen wird
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.
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Using “Hummus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-U-M-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.