Humus

[ˈhuːmʊs]

/[ˈhuːmʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Humus” is uncommon German (frequency #52,943 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,943
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bodenart mit hohem Anteil an organischer Substanz

Corpus desk

Index DE-humus · Humus · German

Humus · rank #52,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,943
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hundertjährig…

Nearest frequency peer: hundertjährigen (+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 „Humus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Humus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Humus
PropertyValue
HeadwordHumus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhuːmʊs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,943
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Humus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Humusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hundertjährigen“ (#52,944), „Hohepriester“ (#52,941), „hundertprozentige“ (#52,945). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Humus“ bei #52,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Humus is uncommon German at frequency #52,943 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhuːmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Humus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Humus, spelled H-U-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bodenart mit hohem Anteil an organischer Substanz
  2. 2
    in der Bodenkunde ebendiese organische Substanz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Humus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir müssen hier noch etwas Humus aufbringen.
  2. Dieser Boden enthält viel Humus.

Synonyms

HumusbodenHumuserdeMutterbodenMuttererdeAckerkrumeErdreich

Antonyms

KiesSandLehmTonMergelLöss

This word in other languages

mould(English)humus(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Humus"?
"Humus" is spelled H-U-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhuːmʊs].
What does "Humus" mean?
As a noun, "Humus" means: Bodenart mit hohem Anteil an organischer Substanz
How do you pronounce "Humus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Humus" is [ˈhuːmʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Humus" come from?
"Humus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Humus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

helau#52,926jette#52,969Jordi#52,970hamma#52,914

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list