Hohenzollern

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The verdict

“Hohenzollern” is uncommon French (frequency #59,345 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,345
frequency rank, French
109,908
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancienne principauté allemande dont la capitale était Sigmaringen, de nos jours intégrée au Wurtemberg.

Key facts for Hohenzollern
PropertyValue
HeadwordHohenzollern
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters12
Frequency rank#59,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hohenzollern” 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). Hohenzollern lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hohenzollern is uncommon French at frequency #59,345 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Hohenzollern has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hohenzollern, spelled H-O-H-E-N-Z-O-L-L-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne principauté allemande dont la capitale était Sigmaringen, de nos jours intégrée au Wurtemberg.
  2. 2
    Famille noble ayant régné sur cette principauté et l’Empire allemand.

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 "Hohenzollern"?
"Hohenzollern" is spelled H-O-H-E-N-Z-O-L-L-E-R-N.
What does "Hohenzollern" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hohenzollern" means: Ancienne principauté allemande dont la capitale était Sigmaringen, de nos jours intégrée au Wurtemberg.
What language does "Hohenzollern" come from?
"Hohenzollern" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Hohenzollern”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is H-O-H-E-N-Z-O-L-L-E-R-N - 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