Canberra
[ˈkɛnbəɹə]
The verdict
“Canberra” is uncommon German (frequency #65,081 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,081
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt Australiens
Corpus desk
Index DE-canberra · Canberra · German
Canberra · rank #65,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,081
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Camouflage
Nearest frequency peer: Camouflage (-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 „Canberra“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
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34,925 corpus weight
- Calder
Calder
34,922 corpus weight
- Camouflage
Camouflage
34,921 corpus weight
- Canberra
Canberra
34,920 corpus weight
- cena
cena
34,919 corpus weight
- Collie
Collie
34,916 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Canberra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Canberra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛnbəɹə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Canberra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Canberra is uncommon German at frequency #65,081 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɛnbəɹə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt Australiens".
Canberra has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Canberra, spelled C-A-N-B-E-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt Australiens
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Canberra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei unserem nächsten Aufenthalt in Australien wollen wir unbedingt Canberra besuchen.
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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