Hamelin
"hamelin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hamelin” is uncommon English (frequency #69,099 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,099
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hamelin · Hamelin · English
Hamelin · rank #69,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,099
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Harts
Nearest frequency peer: Harts (+3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Hamelin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gunmetal
gunmetal
30,909 corpus weight
- gynecologic
gynecologic
30,907 corpus weight
- Hamelin
Hamelin
30,902 corpus weight
- Harts
Harts
30,899 corpus weight
- Harun
Harun
30,897 corpus weight
- hellraiser
hellraiser
30,894 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hamelin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamelin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hamelin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hamelin is uncommon English at frequency #69,099 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hamelin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Hameln. The correct English form is Hamelin, spelled H-A-M-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
- 2A town, the administrative seat of Hameln-Pyrmont district, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- 3A commune of Manche department, Normandy, France.
Etymology
From German Hameln.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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