Almaty

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The verdict

“Almaty” is uncommon German (frequency #89,925 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,925
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehemalige Hauptstadt Kasachstans, die im Südosten des Landes liegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-almaty · Almaty · German

Almaty · rank #89,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,925
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alonzo

Nearest frequency peer: Alonzo (+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 „Almaty“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Almaty
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlmaty
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,925
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Almaty“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Almatyfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alonzo“ (#89,926), „Alexandru“ (#89,923), „alarmierten“ (#89,922). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Almaty“ bei #89,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Almaty is uncommon German at frequency #89,925 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ehemalige Hauptstadt Kasachstans, die im Südosten des Landes liegt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Almaty, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Almaty, spelled A-L-M-A-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    ehemalige Hauptstadt Kasachstans, die im Südosten des Landes liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Vor einigen Jahren wurde auf einer von der OSZE unterstützten Konferenz in Almaty die Frage diskutiert, inwieweit die Erfahrungen der Europäischen Union auf diese Region angewendet werden können.“

Synonyms

Alma-Ata

This word in other languages

Almaty(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 "Almaty"?
"Almaty" is spelled A-L-M-A-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Almaty" mean?
As a proper noun, "Almaty" means: ehemalige Hauptstadt Kasachstans, die im Südosten des Landes liegt
How do you pronounce "Almaty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Almaty" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Almaty" come from?
"Almaty" 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 "Almaty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alonzo#89,926Ahmadi#89,919anbaut#89,931Angora#89,935

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list