Chitral
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The verdict
“Chitral” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der pakistanischen Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Corpus desk
Index DE-chitral · Chitral · German
Chitral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chitral |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chitral“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chitral is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in der pakistanischen Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa".
Chitral doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Chitral, spelled C-H-I-T-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Stadt in der pakistanischen Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chitral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir sammelten uns in Hyderabad, von wo aus wir gen Norden nach Chitral aufbrachen, unserem eigentlichen Ausgangspunkt.“
„In einer der Hütten auf Dreiviertelhöhe eines Berges in Chitral lag ein Paar eng umschlungen auf einem Gurtbett.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.