husband
[ˈhʌzbən(d)]
The verdict
“husband” is uncommon German (frequency #93,080 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,080
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ehemann
Corpus desk
Index DE-husband · husband · German
husband · rank #93,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,080
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hurrikans
Nearest frequency peer: Hurrikans (-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 „husband“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hundefreunde
Hundefreunde
6,924 corpus weight
- hundemüde
hundemüde
6,923 corpus weight
- Hurrikans
Hurrikans
6,922 corpus weight
- husband
husband
6,921 corpus weight
- Häftlings
Häftlings
6,920 corpus weight
- Hähnchenbru…
Hähnchenbrust
6,919 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „husband“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | husband |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhʌzbən(d)] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „husband“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
husband is uncommon German at frequency #93,080 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʌzbən(d)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ehemann".
husband has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is husband, spelled H-U-S-B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Ehemann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how husband appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The husband left his wife after 10 years.
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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