Ariadne
[aˈʁi̯adnə]
The verdict
“Ariadne” is uncommon German (frequency #51,112 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,112
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der griechischen Sage die Tochter des kretischen Königs Minos; sie half Theseus dabei, nach dem Bezwingen des Minotaurus wieder aus dem Labyrinth zu finden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ariadne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aˈʁi̯adnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ariadne” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ariadne is uncommon German at frequency #51,112 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈʁi̯adnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der griechischen Sage die Tochter des kretischen Königs Minos; sie half Theseus dabei, nach dem Bezwingen des Minotaurus wieder aus dem Labyrinth zu finden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ariadne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ariadne, spelled A-R-I-A-D-N-E.
Definition
- 1in der griechischen Sage die Tochter des kretischen Königs Minos; sie half Theseus dabei, nach dem Bezwingen des Minotaurus wieder aus dem Labyrinth zu finden
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 “Ariadne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-R-I-A-D-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈʁi̯adnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.