Dettelbach

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The verdict

“Dettelbach” is uncommon German (frequency #63,225 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,225
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-dettelbach · Dettelbach · German

Dettelbach · rank #63,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,225
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH destruktiven

Nearest frequency peer: destruktiven (-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 „Dettelbach“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dettelbach“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dettelbach
PropertyValue
HeadwordDettelbach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,225
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dettelbach“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Dettelbachfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „destruktiven“ (#63,224), „Denkmuster“ (#63,223), „Diedrich“ (#63,227). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dettelbach“ bei #63,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dettelbach is uncommon German at frequency #63,225 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".

Dettelbach doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Dettelbach, spelled D-E-T-T-E-L-B-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Dettelbach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dettelbach liegt im Südosten von Deutschland.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dettelbach"?
"Dettelbach" is spelled D-E-T-T-E-L-B-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Dettelbach" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dettelbach" means: eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Dettelbach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dettelbach" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dettelbach" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dettelbach", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list