Drachenfels
[ˈdraxn̩ˌfɛls]
The verdict
“Drachenfels” is uncommon German (frequency #76,680 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,680
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berg im Siebengebirge, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-drachenfels · Drachenfels · German
Drachenfels · rank #76,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,680
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dosierungen
Nearest frequency peer: Dosierungen (-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 „Drachenfels“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dita
dita
23,324 corpus weight
- Doberan
Doberan
23,323 corpus weight
- Dosierungen
Dosierungen
23,322 corpus weight
- Drachenfels
Drachenfels
23,321 corpus weight
- drees
drees
23,319 corpus weight
- duckt
duckt
23,318 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Drachenfels“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drachenfels |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdraxn̩ˌfɛls] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drachenfels“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drachenfels is uncommon German at frequency #76,680 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdraxn̩ˌfɛls]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Drachenfels, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Drachenfels, spelled D-R-A-C-H-E-N-F-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1Berg im Siebengebirge, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- 2Berg im Mittleren Pfälzerwald, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Drachenfels appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute machte Familie Schmidt einen Ausflug auf den Drachenfels.
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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