Alicante
[aliˈkante]
The verdict
“Alicante” is uncommon German (frequency #50,256 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,256
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Valencia, Spanien
Corpus desk
Index DE-alicante · Alicante · German
Alicante · rank #50,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,256
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH algerischen
Nearest frequency peer: algerischen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Alicante”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- AKH
AKH
49,748 corpus weight
- aktivierte
aktivierte
49,747 corpus weight
- algerischen
algerischen
49,746 corpus weight
- Alicante
Alicante
49,745 corpus weight
- Allererster
Allererster
49,744 corpus weight
- Allheilmitt…
Allheilmittel
49,743 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Alicante” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alicante |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aliˈkante] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Alicante” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Alicante is uncommon German at frequency #50,256 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aliˈkante]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Alicante in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Alicante, spelled A-L-I-C-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Valencia, Spanien
- 2spanische Provinz an der Mittelmeerküste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alicante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin in Alicante geboren.
Ich habe in Alicante meinen Urlaub verbracht.
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.
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