hamburg
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "hamburg", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "hamburg" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "hamburg" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Hamburg is aEnglishname. It means: The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany. Pronounced /ˈhæmbɝɡ/. Often confused with humbug and hamburger.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamburg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /ˈhæmbɝɡ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Hamburg is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhæmbɝɡ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,615 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hamburg, with forms such as "ahmburg", "habmurg", and "hambburg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "humbug", "hamburger", "Habsburg", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Hamburg. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Hamburg, spelled H-A-M-B-U-R-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.
- 2Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 3Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 4Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 5Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 6Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 7Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 8Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 9Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 10Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 11Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 12Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 13Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 14Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 15Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 16Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 17Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 18Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
- 19A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; named for the German city.
- 20Hamburger SV, a German football club.
Etymology
From German Hamburg.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahmburg,habmurg,hambburg,hambrug,hambugr,hamburgg,hamburrg,hammburg,hamubrg,hhamburg,hmaburg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hamburg
Misspelling Variants of "Hamburg"
Frequency rank: #12,615 in English
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