Bergen op Zoom

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The verdict

“Bergen op Zoom” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant

Key facts for Bergen op Zoom
PropertyValue
HeadwordBergen op Zoom
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Bergen op Zoom” sits in German frequency

Bergen op Zoom falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bergen op Zoom is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant".

No misspelling variants are generated for Bergen op Zoom in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bergen op Zoom, spelled B-E-R-G-E-N- -O-P- -Z-O-O-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bergen op Zoom"?
"Bergen op Zoom" is spelled B-E-R-G-E-N- -O-P- -Z-O-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Bergen op Zoom" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bergen op Zoom" means: Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant
How do you pronounce "Bergen op Zoom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bergen op Zoom" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bergen op Zoom" come from?
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Using “Bergen op Zoom”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-E-R-G-E-N- -O-P- -Z-O-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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