Hoffenheim

name

The verdict

“Hoffenheim” is uncommon French (frequency #66,797 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,797
frequency rank, French
109,908
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Localité allemande du Bade-Wurtemberg, dans la municipalité de Sinsheim.

Key facts for Hoffenheim
PropertyValue
HeadwordHoffenheim
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hoffenheim” sits in French 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:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

Hoffenheim is uncommon French at frequency #66,797 among 109,908 “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.

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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Using “Hoffenheim”

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

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

Other uncommon French 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