Costa Smeralda

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The verdict

“Costa Smeralda” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — für Luxustourismus bekannter Teil der nordöstlichen Küste Sardiniens

Key facts for Costa Smeralda
PropertyValue
HeadwordCosta Smeralda
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Costa Smeralda” sits in German frequency

Costa Smeralda falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Costa Smeralda is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "für Luxustourismus bekannter Teil der nordöstlichen Küste Sardiniens".

No misspelling variants are generated for Costa Smeralda in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Costa Smeralda, spelled C-O-S-T-A- -S-M-E-R-A-L-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    für Luxustourismus bekannter Teil der nordöstlichen Küste Sardiniens

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Costa Smeralda"?
"Costa Smeralda" is spelled C-O-S-T-A- -S-M-E-R-A-L-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Costa Smeralda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Costa Smeralda" means: für Luxustourismus bekannter Teil der nordöstlichen Küste Sardiniens
How do you pronounce "Costa Smeralda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Costa Smeralda" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Costa Smeralda" come from?
"Costa Smeralda" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Costa Smeralda”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is C-O-S-T-A- -S-M-E-R-A-L-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

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

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