Attendorn

[ˈatn̩ˌdɔʁn]

/[ˈatn̩ˌdɔʁn]/ name

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The verdict

“Attendorn” is uncommon German (frequency #55,947 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,947
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-attendorn · Attendorn · German

Attendorn · rank #55,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,947
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH attackierten

Nearest frequency peer: attackierten (-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 „Attendorn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Attendorn
PropertyValue
HeadwordAttendorn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈatn̩ˌdɔʁn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Attendorn“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Attendornfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „attackierten“ (#55,946), „Asiatin“ (#55,945), „aufbringt“ (#55,949). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Attendorn“ bei #55,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Attendorn is uncommon German at frequency #55,947 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈatn̩ˌdɔʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

Zero misspellings are on record for Attendorn in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Attendorn, spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-O-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Attendorn liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
  2. Ich bin in Attendorn geboren.

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 "Attendorn"?
"Attendorn" is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-O-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈatn̩ˌdɔʁn].
What does "Attendorn" mean?
As a proper noun, "Attendorn" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Attendorn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Attendorn" is [ˈatn̩ˌdɔʁn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Attendorn" come from?
"Attendorn" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aufbringt#55,949Aprikosen#55,942aufrollen#55,954Augustine#55,957

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list