Hohenzollern

name

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The verdict

“Hohenzollern” is uncommon French (frequency #59,345 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,345
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne principauté allemande dont la capitale était Sigmaringen, de nos jours intégrée au Wurtemberg.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hohenzollern · Hohenzollern · French

Hohenzollern · rank #59,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,345
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hocha

Nearest frequency peer: hocha (-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 « Hohenzollern »

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 « Hohenzollern » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hohenzollern
PropertyValue
HeadwordHohenzollern
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters12
Frequency rank#59,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Hohenzollern » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Hohenzollerntombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « hocha » (#59,344), « hol » (#59,346), « homonymie » (#59,347). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hohenzollern » est au #59,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hohenzollern is uncommon French at frequency #59,345 among 1,969 “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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. HOHENZOLLERN, (Géog.) comté de l’empire d’Allemagne, situé en Souabe entre le Danube & le Necker, près du duché de Wurtemberg. Il est possédé par des souverains qui ont les titres de princes de l’empire.
  2. La maison de Hohenzollern.

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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list