Cartagena

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The verdict

“Cartagena” is uncommon German (frequency #71,205 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,205
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spanische Stadt an der Mittelmeerküste

Corpus desk

Index DE-cartagena · Cartagena · German

Cartagena · rank #71,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,205
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH CDA

Nearest frequency peer: CDA (+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 „Cartagena“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cartagena
PropertyValue
HeadwordCartagena
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Cartagena“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Cartagenafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „CDA“ (#71,206), „cellulite“ (#71,207), „canvas“ (#71,202). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Cartagena“ bei #71,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cartagena is uncommon German at frequency #71,205 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Cartagena has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Cartagena, spelled C-A-R-T-A-G-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    spanische Stadt an der Mittelmeerküste
  2. 2
    Hafenstadt im nördlichen Kolumbien; Hauptstadt des Departamento Bolívar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Cartagena liegt an einer tiefen Bucht der Costa Cálida („Warme Küste“) direkt am Mittelmeer und ist einer der bedeutendsten Handelshäfen Spaniens und die größte Marinebasis am Mittelmeer.“
  2. „1984 wurde Cartagena bereits zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe ernannt.“

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 "Cartagena"?
"Cartagena" is spelled C-A-R-T-A-G-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Cartagena" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cartagena" means: spanische Stadt an der Mittelmeerküste
How do you pronounce "Cartagena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cartagena" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cartagena" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cellulite#71,207Damenmode#71,216brennbare#71,184Drahtseil#71,241

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list