Durham

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The verdict

“Durham” is uncommon German (frequency #58,693 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,693
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der Grafschaft Durham im Nordosten Englands

Corpus desk

Index DE-durham · Durham · German

Durham · rank #58,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,693
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dämonische

Nearest frequency peer: dämonische (+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 „Durham“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Durham
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurham
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Durham“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dämonische“ (#58,694), „dunkelbraunen“ (#58,691), „Dundee“ (#58,690). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Durham“ bei #58,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Durham is uncommon German at frequency #58,693 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Durham in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Durham, spelled D-U-R-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in der Grafschaft Durham im Nordosten Englands
  2. 2
    Großstadt in North Carolina, USA
  3. 3
    Stadt in Maine, USA
  4. 4
    Name verschiedener Orte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Ich saß in Durham, Maine, am Küchentisch und sah zu, wie meine Mutter seitenweise grüne Rabattmarken von S&H in ein Sammelalbum klebte.“

This word in other languages

Durham(English)

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 "Durham"?
"Durham" is spelled D-U-R-H-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Durham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Durham" means: Stadt in der Grafschaft Durham im Nordosten Englands
How do you pronounce "Durham"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durham" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durham" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dundee#58,690driven#58,685Eilers#58,701eilige#58,702

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list