Astrachan

[ˈastʁaxan]

/[ˈastʁaxan]/ name

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The verdict

“Astrachan” is uncommon German (frequency #95,275 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,275
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt im Wolgadelta in Russland

Corpus desk

Index DE-astrachan · Astrachan · German

Astrachan · rank #95,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,275
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ascot

Nearest frequency peer: Ascot (-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 „Astrachan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Astrachan
PropertyValue
HeadwordAstrachan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈastʁaxan]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Astrachan“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ascot“ (#95,274), „athletische“ (#95,276), „Ascension“ (#95,273). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Astrachan“ bei #95,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Astrachan is uncommon German at frequency #95,275 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈastʁaxan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großstadt im Wolgadelta in Russland".

Astrachan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Astrachan, spelled A-S-T-R-A-C-H-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Großstadt im Wolgadelta in Russland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Astrachan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bei Astrachan betrat Humboldt das erste Dampfschiff seines Lebens.“

This word in other languages

Astrakhan(Français)

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 "Astrachan"?
"Astrachan" is spelled A-S-T-R-A-C-H-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈastʁaxan].
What does "Astrachan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Astrachan" means: Großstadt im Wolgadelta in Russland
How do you pronounce "Astrachan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Astrachan" is [ˈastʁaxan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Astrachan" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ascension#95,273Armeniens#95,269Aufsatzes#95,284aufstehst#95,286

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list