Akaba
[ˈakaba]
The verdict
“Akaba” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hafenstadt in Jordanien, am Golf von Akaba gelegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Akaba |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈakaba] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Akaba” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Akaba is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈakaba]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hafenstadt in Jordanien, am Golf von Akaba gelegen".
Akaba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Akaba, spelled A-K-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Hafenstadt in Jordanien, am Golf von Akaba gelegen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Akaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-K-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈakaba] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.