Berlichingen
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The verdict
“Berlichingen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,148 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,148
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ortsteil von Schöntal, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-berlichingen · Berlichingen · German
Berlichingen · rank #71,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,148
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Beobachters
Nearest frequency peer: Beobachters (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Berlichingen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- benda
benda
28,859 corpus weight
- Beobachters
Beobachters
28,854 corpus weight
- Berlichingen
Berlichingen
28,853 corpus weight
- Berufssolda…
Berufssoldaten
28,851 corpus weight
- bespannt
bespannt
28,850 corpus weight
- Bestsellerl…
Bestsellerliste
28,848 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Berlichingen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berlichingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #71,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Berlichingen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Berlichingen is uncommon German at frequency #71,148 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ortsteil von Schöntal, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".
Berlichingen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Berlichingen, spelled B-E-R-L-I-C-H-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Ortsteil von Schöntal, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Berlichingen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.