Delfinen
[dɛlˈfiːnən]
The verdict
“Delfinen” is uncommon German (frequency #74,463 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,463
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Delfin
Corpus desk
Index DE-delfinen · Delfinen · German
Delfinen · rank #74,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,463
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dedicated
Nearest frequency peer: dedicated (-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 „Delfinen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- daughter
daughter
25,542 corpus weight
- dedicated
dedicated
25,539 corpus weight
- Delfinen
Delfinen
25,538 corpus weight
- delikate
delikate
25,537 corpus weight
- dementsprec…
dementsprechende
25,536 corpus weight
- democrats
democrats
25,535 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Delfinen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Delfinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɛlˈfiːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Delfinen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Delfinen is uncommon German at frequency #74,463 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɛlˈfiːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Delfin".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Delfinen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Delfinen, spelled D-E-L-F-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Delfin
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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