Kurhessen
[kuːɐ̯ˈhɛsn̩]
The verdict
“Kurhessen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,442 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,442
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurfürstentum Hessen, ein Staat im Deutschen Bund
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurhessen · Kurhessen · German
Kurhessen · rank #69,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,442
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kurioser
Nearest frequency peer: kurioser (+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 „Kurhessen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kritiklos
kritiklos
30,563 corpus weight
- Kulturforum
Kulturforum
30,562 corpus weight
- kulturhisto…
kulturhistorischen
30,561 corpus weight
- Kurhessen
Kurhessen
30,559 corpus weight
- kurioser
kurioser
30,558 corpus weight
- kursierten
kursierten
30,557 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kurhessen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kurhessen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kuːɐ̯ˈhɛsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kurhessen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kurhessen is uncommon German at frequency #69,442 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kuːɐ̯ˈhɛsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurfürstentum Hessen, ein Staat im Deutschen Bund".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kurhessen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kurhessen, spelled K-U-R-H-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kurfürstentum Hessen, ein Staat im Deutschen Bund
Synonyms
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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