Aschkelon
[aʃkəˈlɔn]
The verdict
“Aschkelon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im Süden Israels
Corpus desk
Index DE-aschkelon · Aschkelon · German
Aschkelon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aschkelon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aʃkəˈlɔn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aschkelon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aschkelon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aʃkəˈlɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im Süden Israels".
Aschkelon has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Aschkelon, spelled A-S-C-H-K-E-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Süden Israels
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aschkelon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Sie fliehen wie die Ratten von einem sinkenden Schiff‹, hieß es in Jediot Aharonot über Emigranten aus Aschkelon, und M’ariv schrieb, das Zentrum Aschkelons sei zu ›einem Billigmarkt‹ für die Habseligkeiten von Auswanderern geworden.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.