borgo

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The verdict

“borgo” is uncommon German (frequency #87,511 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,511
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Weiler

Corpus desk

Index DE-borgo · borgo · German

borgo · rank #87,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,511
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bohle

Nearest frequency peer: Bohle (-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 „borgo“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for borgo
PropertyValue
Headwordborgo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „borgo“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.borgofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bohle“ (#87,510), „Bosniens“ (#87,512), „bodenständiger“ (#87,509). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „borgo“ bei #87,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

borgo is uncommon German at frequency #87,511 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Weiler".

borgo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is borgo, spelled B-O-R-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Weiler

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sono numerosi i piccoli borghi che costellano i Monti della Laga, caratterizzati da una bassa densità abitativa.“

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 "borgo"?
"borgo" is spelled B-O-R-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "borgo" mean?
As a noun, "borgo" means: der Weiler
How do you pronounce "borgo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borgo" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borgo" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bohle#87,510breed#87,518butte#87,533casas#87,542

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list