Ärmelkanal
[ˈɛʁml̩kaˌnaːl]
The verdict
“Ärmelkanal” is uncommon German (frequency #65,931 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,931
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meerenge, die die Nordsee über die Straße von Dover mit dem Atlantik verbindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-armelkanal · Ärmelkanal · German
Ärmelkanal · rank #65,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,931
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH zünde
Nearest frequency peer: zünde (-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 „Ärmelkanal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zwitter
Zwitter
34,073 corpus weight
- zyklische
zyklische
34,072 corpus weight
- zünde
zünde
34,071 corpus weight
- Ärmelkanal
Ärmelkanal
34,070 corpus weight
- übersandt
übersandt
34,068 corpus weight
- übertrafen
übertrafen
34,067 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ärmelkanal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ärmelkanal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁml̩kaˌnaːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ärmelkanal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ärmelkanal is uncommon German at frequency #65,931 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɛʁml̩kaˌnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Meerenge, die die Nordsee über die Straße von Dover mit dem Atlantik verbindet".
Ärmelkanal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ärmelkanal, spelled Ä-R-M-E-L-K-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Meerenge, die die Nordsee über die Straße von Dover mit dem Atlantik verbindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ärmelkanal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwischen Frankreich im Süden und Großbritannien im Norden liegt der Ärmelkanal.
Der Ärmelkanal ist etwa 6000 Jahre vor Christus entstanden, bis dahin waren die heutigen Britischen Inseln zu Fuß vom europäischen Kontinent aus erreichbar.
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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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