Hamburg
\ˈhambʊrk\
The verdict
“Hamburg” is uncommon French (frequency #50,878 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,878
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hambourg, ville d’Allemagne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hamburg · Hamburg · French
Hamburg · rank #50,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,878
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH halage
Nearest frequency peer: halage (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Hamburg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hacienda
hacienda
49,126 corpus weight
- halage
halage
49,124 corpus weight
- Hamburg
Hamburg
49,123 corpus weight
- harmonieuses
harmonieuses
49,122 corpus weight
- harmonium
harmonium
49,121 corpus weight
- Haïfa
Haïfa
49,120 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hamburg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamburg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈhambʊrk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hamburg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hamburg is uncommon French at frequency #50,878 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈhambʊrk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hamburg in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hamburg, spelled H-A-M-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Hambourg, ville d’Allemagne.
- 2Hambourg, un des seize Länder de l’Allemagne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hamburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hamburg ist die zweitgrößte Stadt in Deutschland.
Mit einem Großaufgebot sichert die Polizei in Hamburg eine von Islamisten organisierte Demonstration ab. Auf Plakaten war unter anderem der Spruch „Kalifat ist die Lösung“ zu lesen.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).