Amphoren

[amˈfoːʁən]

/[amˈfoːʁən]/ noun

The verdict

“Amphoren” is uncommon German (frequency #98,084 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,084
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Amphore

Corpus desk

Index DE-amphoren · Amphoren · German

Amphoren · rank #98,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,084
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Amorbach

Nearest frequency peer: Amorbach (-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 „Amphoren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Amphoren
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmphoren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[amˈfoːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Amphoren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Amorbach“ (#98,083), „amputieren“ (#98,085), „analytisches“ (#98,086). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Amphoren“ bei #98,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Amphoren is uncommon German at frequency #98,084 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [amˈfoːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Amphoren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Amphoren, spelled A-M-P-H-O-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Amphore
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Amphore
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Amphore
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Amphore

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 "Amphoren"?
"Amphoren" is spelled A-M-P-H-O-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [amˈfoːʁən].
What does "Amphoren" mean?
As a noun, "Amphoren" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Amphore
How do you pronounce "Amphoren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amphoren" is [amˈfoːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Amphoren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list