Akron

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The verdict

“Akron” is uncommon German (frequency #78,841 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,841
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im Nordosten des US-Bundesstaates Ohio

Corpus desk

Index DE-akron · Akron · German

Akron · rank #78,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,841
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Akquisitionen

Nearest frequency peer: Akquisitionen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Akron“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Akron“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Akron
PropertyValue
HeadwordAkron
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Akron“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Akronfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Akquisitionen“ (#78,840), „alaaf“ (#78,842), „Agrarprodukte“ (#78,839). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Akron“ bei #78,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Akron is uncommon German at frequency #78,841 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im Nordosten des US-Bundesstaates Ohio".

Akron has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 German form is Akron, spelled A-K-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im Nordosten des US-Bundesstaates Ohio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das der Firma Goodyear gehörende größte Luftschiffdock der Welt in Akron im US-Bundesstaat Ohio wird durch ein Großfeuer stark beschädigt.“

This word in other languages

Akron(English)Akron(Français)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Akron"?
"Akron" is spelled A-K-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Akron" mean?
As a proper noun, "Akron" means: Stadt im Nordosten des US-Bundesstaates Ohio
How do you pronounce "Akron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Akron" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Akron" come from?
"Akron" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alaaf#78,842Altai#78,844amato#78,848Abram#78,828

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list