Angkor

[aŋkɔʁ]

/[aŋkɔʁ]/ name

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The verdict

“Angkor” is uncommon German (frequency #72,145 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,145
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region in Kambodscha; Angkor

Corpus desk

Index DE-angkor · Angkor · German

Angkor · rank #72,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,145
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angereisten

Nearest frequency peer: angereisten (-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 „Angkor“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Angkor
PropertyValue
HeadwordAngkor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[aŋkɔʁ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,145
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Angkor“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Angkorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angereisten“ (#72,144), „anhaltendes“ (#72,146), „angepeilt“ (#72,143). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Angkor“ bei #72,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Angkor is uncommon German at frequency #72,145 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aŋkɔʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Region in Kambodscha; Angkor".

Angkor has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Angkor, spelled A-N-G-K-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Region in Kambodscha; Angkor

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 "Angkor"?
"Angkor" is spelled A-N-G-K-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aŋkɔʁ].
What does "Angkor" mean?
As a proper noun, "Angkor" means: Region in Kambodscha; Angkor
How do you pronounce "Angkor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Angkor" is [aŋkɔʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Angkor" come from?
"Angkor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Ancona#72,138Anubis#72,152Anatom#72,136Agadir#72,116

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list