Attika
[ˈatika]
The verdict
“Attika” is uncommon German (frequency #58,563 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,563
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Halbinsel und historische Landschaft in Mittelgriechenland mit dem Hauptort Athen
Corpus desk
Index DE-attika · Attika · German
Attika · rank #58,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,563
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH assistance
Nearest frequency peer: assistance (-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 „Attika“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Aschenbrödel
Aschenbrödel
41,441 corpus weight
- asiatisches
asiatisches
41,440 corpus weight
- assistance
assistance
41,439 corpus weight
- Attika
Attika
41,438 corpus weight
- audience
audience
41,436 corpus weight
- aufbauenden
aufbauenden
41,434 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Attika“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Attika |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈatika] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Attika“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Attika is uncommon German at frequency #58,563 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈatika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Halbinsel und historische Landschaft in Mittelgriechenland mit dem Hauptort Athen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Attika in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Attika, spelled A-T-T-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1eine Halbinsel und historische Landschaft in Mittelgriechenland mit dem Hauptort Athen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Attika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Athen, mit seinem Umland Attika einer der größten Stadtstaaten, stand um 600 v. Chr. am Rand eines Bürgerkriegs.“
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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