hydrogen

[hydʁoˈɡeːn]

/[hydʁoˈɡeːn]/ adj

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The verdict

“hydrogen” is uncommon German (frequency #99,999 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,999
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Wasserstoff gehörig, sich auf den Wasserstoff beziehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-hydrogen · hydrogen · German

hydrogen · rank #99,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,999
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Huus

Nearest frequency peer: Huus (-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 „hydrogen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hydrogen
PropertyValue
Headwordhydrogen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[hydʁoˈɡeːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hydrogen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hydrogenfällt 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: „Huus“ (#99,998), „humanoide“ (#99,996), „huldigte“ (#99,995). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hydrogen“ bei #99,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hydrogen is uncommon German at frequency #99,999 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [hydʁoˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Wasserstoff gehörig, sich auf den Wasserstoff beziehend".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hydrogen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hydrogen, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Wasserstoff gehörig, sich auf den Wasserstoff beziehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Thermalbrunnen spenden ausgezeichnetes alkali-hydrogenes Heilwasser.“

This word in other languages

hydrogéné(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 "hydrogen"?
"hydrogen" is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hydʁoˈɡeːn].
What does "hydrogen" mean?
As an adjective, "hydrogen" means: zum Wasserstoff gehörig, sich auf den Wasserstoff beziehend
How do you pronounce "hydrogen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydrogen" is [hydʁoˈɡeːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hydrogen" come from?
"hydrogen" 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 "hydrogen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

huldigte#99,995Hippolyt#99,979hinteres#99,977Hickhack#99,970

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list