Hoffenheim

name

The verdict

“Hoffenheim” is uncommon French (frequency #66,797 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,797
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Localité allemande du Bade-Wurtemberg, dans la municipalité de Sinsheim.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hoffenheim · Hoffenheim · French

Hoffenheim · rank #66,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,797
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH histo

Nearest frequency peer: histo (-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 « Hoffenheim »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hoffenheim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hoffenheim
PropertyValue
HeadwordHoffenheim
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Hoffenheim » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Hoffenheimtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « histo » (#66,796), « Hofmann » (#66,798), « Hildegarde » (#66,795). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hoffenheim » est au #66,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hoffenheim is uncommon French at frequency #66,797 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Localité allemande du Bade-Wurtemberg, dans la municipalité de Sinsheim.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hoffenheim, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Hoffenheim, spelled H-O-F-F-E-N-H-E-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Localité allemande du Bade-Wurtemberg, dans la municipalité de Sinsheim.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Hoffenheim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais il n’a pratiquement pas joué (45 mn) en préparation et il fait partie des joueurs que Bordeaux pourrait transférer avant la fin du mercato - le club allemand de Hoffenheim est intéressé.

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.

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: Localité allemande du Bade-Wurtemberg, dans la municipalité de Sinsheim.
What language does "Hoffenheim" come from?
"Hoffenheim" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hoffenheim", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list