Coswig
[ˈkɔsvɪç]
The verdict
“Coswig” is uncommon German (frequency #69,108 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,108
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-coswig · Coswig · German
Coswig · rank #69,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,108
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cornet
Nearest frequency peer: cornet (-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 „Coswig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- commitment
commitment
30,898 corpus weight
- continuo
continuo
30,895 corpus weight
- cornet
cornet
30,894 corpus weight
- Coswig
Coswig
30,893 corpus weight
- Cremona
Cremona
30,892 corpus weight
- cutting
cutting
30,889 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Coswig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Coswig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔsvɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Coswig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Coswig is uncommon German at frequency #69,108 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɔsvɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Coswig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Coswig, spelled C-O-S-W-I-G.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
- 2kurz für Coswig (Anhalt), einer Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Coswig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin in Coswig geboren.
Ich habe in Coswig meinen Urlaub verbracht.
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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