Ceres
[ˈt͡seːʁɛs]
The verdict
“Ceres” is uncommon German (frequency #51,198 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,198
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - römische Göttin des Ackerbaus, der Fruchtbarkeit und der Ehe
Corpus desk
Index DE-ceres · Ceres · German
Ceres · rank #51,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,198
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Caterina
Nearest frequency peer: Caterina (-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 „Ceres“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Büchereien
Büchereien
48,807 corpus weight
- Catania
Catania
48,805 corpus weight
- Caterina
Caterina
48,804 corpus weight
- Ceres
Ceres
48,803 corpus weight
- Chinatown
Chinatown
48,801 corpus weight
- chronologis…
chronologische
48,799 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ceres“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ceres |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡seːʁɛs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ceres“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ceres is uncommon German at frequency #51,198 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈt͡seːʁɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ceres in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ceres, spelled C-E-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1römische Göttin des Ackerbaus, der Fruchtbarkeit und der Ehe
- 2der kleinste bekannte Zwergplanet unseres Sonnensystems, benannt nach [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ceres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ceres war nun völlig verzweifelt. Sie verfluchte die Umgebung und die ganze Welt, entzog der Erde die Fruchtbarkeit, verdarb allen Samen und tötete Vieh und Bauern in einem.“
Ceres ist ein Zwergplanet und mit einem Äquatordurchmesser von 975 km das größte Objekt im Asteroiden-Hauptgürtel.
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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