Dettingen

[ˈdɛtɪŋən]

/[ˈdɛtɪŋən]/ name

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The verdict

“Dettingen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,472 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,472
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-dettingen · Dettingen · German

Dettingen · rank #60,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,472
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH desinteressie…

Nearest frequency peer: desinteressiert (-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 „Dettingen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dettingen
PropertyValue
HeadwordDettingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈdɛtɪŋən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,472
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dettingen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Dettingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „desinteressiert“ (#60,471), „denim“ (#60,470), „Delegierter“ (#60,469). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dettingen“ bei #60,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dettingen is uncommon German at frequency #60,472 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdɛtɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dettingen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dettingen, spelled D-E-T-T-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  2. 2
    eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  3. 3
    eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  4. 4
    Stadtteil von Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  5. 5
    Stadtteil von Horb am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  6. 6
    Stadtteil von Rottenburg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  7. 7
    Stadtteil von Ehingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  8. 8
    Ortsteil von Gerstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  9. 9
    Ortsteil von Karlstein am Main, Bayern, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Morgen fahren wir nach Dettingen.
  2. Dettingen liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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 "Dettingen"?
"Dettingen" is spelled D-E-T-T-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛtɪŋən].
What does "Dettingen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dettingen" means: eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Dettingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dettingen" is [ˈdɛtɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dettingen" come from?
"Dettingen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Distrikte#60,475Ditzingen#60,477datierten#60,465Dreikampf#60,485

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list