Anchorage

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The verdict

“Anchorage” is uncommon German (frequency #91,269 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,269
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Alaska

Corpus desk

Index DE-anchorage · Anchorage · German

Anchorage · rank #91,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,269
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH amüsierten

Nearest frequency peer: amüsierten (-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 „Anchorage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anchorage
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnchorage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anchorage“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „amüsierten“ (#91,268), „angebrüllt“ (#91,270), „angegliederten“ (#91,271). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anchorage“ bei #91,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anchorage is uncommon German at frequency #91,269 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Alaska".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Anchorage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Anchorage, spelled A-N-C-H-O-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Alaska

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Drei der Hunde, erfährt man, haben schon beim Iditarod durch Alaska mitgemacht. Und das ist das ärgste Schlittenhunderennen überhaupt, es wird traditionell im März in Anchorage gestartet und endet 1850 Kilometer später in Nome an der Beringsee.“

This word in other languages

Anchorage(English)

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 "Anchorage"?
"Anchorage" is spelled A-N-C-H-O-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Anchorage" mean?
As a proper noun, "Anchorage" means: Stadt im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Alaska
How do you pronounce "Anchorage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anchorage" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anchorage" come from?
"Anchorage" 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 "Anchorage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anruferin#91,278anzüglich#91,282abkoppeln#91,239abgepumpt#91,236

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list