Hoffenheim

name

"hoffenheim" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Hoffenheim” is uncommon English (frequency #67,506 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,506
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village, part of the municipality of Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Key facts for Hoffenheim
PropertyValue
HeadwordHoffenheim
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,506
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hoffenheim” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Hoffenheim lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hoffenheim is uncommon English at frequency #67,506 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A village, part of the municipality of Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Hoffenheim in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Hoffenheim. The correct English form is Hoffenheim, spelled H-O-F-F-E-N-H-E-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A village, part of the municipality of Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hoffenheim.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hoffenheim"?
"Hoffenheim" is spelled H-O-F-F-E-N-H-E-I-M.
What does "Hoffenheim" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hoffenheim" means: A village, part of the municipality of Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
What is the origin of the word "Hoffenheim"?
Borrowed from German Hoffenheim. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Hoffenheim”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is H-O-F-F-E-N-H-E-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list