Dhaka
[ˈdaka]
The verdict
“Dhaka” is uncommon German (frequency #76,667 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,667
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Bangladesch
Corpus desk
Index DE-dhaka · Dhaka · German
Dhaka · rank #76,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,667
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH detailreich
Nearest frequency peer: detailreich (-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 „Dhaka“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- demonstrier…
demonstrierenden
23,337 corpus weight
- Dependance
Dependance
23,336 corpus weight
- detailreich
detailreich
23,335 corpus weight
- Dhaka
Dhaka
23,334 corpus weight
- died
died
23,333 corpus weight
- Differenzie…
Differenzierungen
23,330 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dhaka“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dhaka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dhaka“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dhaka is uncommon German at frequency #76,667 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Bangladesch".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dhaka in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dhaka, spelled D-H-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Bangladesch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dhaka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kalkutta ist eine Partnerstadt Dhakas.
This word in other languages
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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