Hauptmann
"hauptmann" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hauptmann” is uncommon English (frequency #65,951 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,951
- 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-hauptmann · Hauptmann · English
Hauptmann · rank #65,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,951
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hcp
Nearest frequency peer: hcp (+1 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 “Hauptmann”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- handmaiden
handmaiden
34,053 corpus weight
- Hashmi
Hashmi
34,052 corpus weight
- Hauptmann
Hauptmann
34,050 corpus weight
- hcp
hcp
34,049 corpus weight
- heatsink
heatsink
34,048 corpus weight
- heatstroke
heatstroke
34,047 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hauptmann” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptmann |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hauptmann” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptmann is uncommon English at frequency #65,951 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hauptmann, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Hauptmann. The correct English form is Hauptmann, spelled H-A-U-P-T-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hauptmann.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).