horst
/hɔːst/noun
horst is spelled H-O-R-S-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, horst means “A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of horst is horsts.
How many letters and syllables are in horst?
| Letters | 5: H-O-R-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is horst?
Horst appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce horst?
- /hɔːst/
Horst has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-horst.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with horst?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as horst.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: short.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of horst
- horsts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does horst mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Horst in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense raised portion of Earth's surface:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Horst, Horstscholle |
| Portuguese | horst |
| Spanish | macizo tectónico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does horst come from?
From German Horst (“heap”). Doublet of hurst.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).