Attersee

[ˈatɐˌzeː]

/[ˈatɐˌzeː]/ name

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The verdict

“Attersee” is uncommon German (frequency #54,334 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,334
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der größte See in Oberösterreich, Österreich

Corpus desk

Index DE-attersee · Attersee · German

Attersee · rank #54,334 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,334
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Atlantikküste

Nearest frequency peer: Atlantikküste (-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 „Attersee“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Attersee
PropertyValue
HeadwordAttersee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈatɐˌzeː]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,334
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Attersee“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Atlantikküste“ (#54,333), „Aufforstung“ (#54,335), „Astrophysik“ (#54,332). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Attersee“ bei #54,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Attersee is uncommon German at frequency #54,334 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈatɐˌzeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der größte See in Oberösterreich, Österreich".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Attersee, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Attersee, spelled A-T-T-E-R-S-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der größte See in Oberösterreich, Österreich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Attersee befindet sich im oberösterreichischen Salzkammergut.
  2. Unseren letzten Urlaub verbrachten wir am Attersee.

Synonyms

Kammersee

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 "Attersee"?
"Attersee" is spelled A-T-T-E-R-S-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈatɐˌzeː].
What does "Attersee" mean?
As a proper noun, "Attersee" means: der größte See in Oberösterreich, Österreich
How do you pronounce "Attersee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Attersee" is [ˈatɐˌzeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Attersee" come from?
"Attersee" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Arnstein#54,330aufsagen#54,339Antriebs#54,319anmieten#54,314

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list