Belfort
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The verdict
“Belfort” is uncommon German (frequency #69,032 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,032
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt des französischen Departements Terre de Belfort im Osten von Frankreich
Corpus desk
Index DE-belfort · Belfort · German
Belfort · rank #69,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,032
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH belastbaren
Nearest frequency peer: belastbaren (-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 „Belfort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- behindertes
behindertes
30,973 corpus weight
- Beifahrerin
Beifahrerin
30,972 corpus weight
- belastbaren
belastbaren
30,970 corpus weight
- Belfort
Belfort
30,969 corpus weight
- bench
bench
30,968 corpus weight
- beschauliche
beschauliche
30,965 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Belfort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Belfort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Belfort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Belfort is uncommon German at frequency #69,032 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt des französischen Departements Terre de Belfort im Osten von Frankreich".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Belfort, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Belfort, spelled B-E-L-F-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt des französischen Departements Terre de Belfort im Osten von Frankreich
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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