Archimedes
[aʁçiˈmeːdɛs]
The verdict
“Archimedes” is an uncommon German word, ranked #64,040 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #64,040
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (antiker) griechischer Mathematiker und Physiker, auch Archimedes von Syrakus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Archimedes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aʁçiˈmeːdɛs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Archimedes” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Archimedes is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʁçiˈmeːdɛs]. Corpus data places it at rank #64,040 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(antiker) griechischer Mathematiker und Physiker, auch Archimedes von Syrakus".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Archimedes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Archimedes, spelled A-R-C-H-I-M-E-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1(antiker) griechischer Mathematiker und Physiker, auch Archimedes von Syrakus
This word in other languages
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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Using “Archimedes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-R-C-H-I-M-E-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aʁçiˈmeːdɛs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.