Clifton
[ˈklɪftn̩]
The verdict
“Clifton” is uncommon German (frequency #63,210 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,210
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wohngegend in Karatschi
Corpus desk
Index DE-clifton · Clifton · German
Clifton · rank #63,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,210
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH chose
Nearest frequency peer: chose (-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 „Clifton“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Cessna
Cessna
36,795 corpus weight
- charismatis…
charismatisch
36,794 corpus weight
- chirurgisch
chirurgisch
36,793 corpus weight
- chose
chose
36,792 corpus weight
- Clifton
Clifton
36,791 corpus weight
- Cobalt
Cobalt
36,790 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Clifton“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clifton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɪftn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Clifton“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Clifton is uncommon German at frequency #63,210 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈklɪftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Clifton, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Clifton, spelled C-L-I-F-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wohngegend in Karatschi
- 2Stadtteil von Kapstadt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Clifton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unsere Rechtsprechung endet an der Brücke da vorn. Ab Clifton können wir nicht mal einen gewöhnlichen Dieb verhaften.“
„Er hatte sich hier nie zu Hause gefühlt. Es war ein anderes Land. Clifton.“
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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