Copenhagen
[kəʊpənˈheɪɡən]
The verdict
“Copenhagen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,554 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,554
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Dänemark; Kopenhagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-copenhagen · Copenhagen · German
Copenhagen · rank #59,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,554
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 20,081
- PHOTO-FINISH Conrads
Nearest frequency peer: Conrads (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Copenhagen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Codename
Codename
40,450 corpus weight
- concrete
concrete
40,449 corpus weight
- Conrads
Conrads
40,448 corpus weight
- Copenhagen
Copenhagen
40,447 corpus weight
- croix
croix
40,446 corpus weight
- Dachschaden
Dachschaden
40,445 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Copenhagen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Copenhagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kəʊpənˈheɪɡən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Copenhagen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Copenhagen is uncommon German at frequency #59,554 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kəʊpənˈheɪɡən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Dänemark; Kopenhagen".
Copenhagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Copenhagen, spelled C-O-P-E-N-H-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Dänemark; Kopenhagen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.