Ehrenplatz
[ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Ehrenplatz” is uncommon German (frequency #58,698 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,698
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Platz, dessen Inhaber dadurch geehrt wird, dass er diesen Platz einnehmen darf
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrenplatz · Ehrenplatz · German
Ehrenplatz · rank #58,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,698
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Egos
Nearest frequency peer: Egos (-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 „Ehrenplatz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dämonische
dämonische
41,307 corpus weight
- Egos
Egos
41,304 corpus weight
- Ehrenplatz
Ehrenplatz
41,303 corpus weight
- ehrfürchtig
ehrfürchtig
41,301 corpus weight
- Eilers
Eilers
41,300 corpus weight
- eilige
eilige
41,299 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ehrenplatz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrenplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ehrenplatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ehrenplatz is uncommon German at frequency #58,698 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Platz, dessen Inhaber dadurch geehrt wird, dass er diesen Platz einnehmen darf".
Ehrenplatz has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 Ehrenplatz, spelled E-H-R-E-N-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Platz, dessen Inhaber dadurch geehrt wird, dass er diesen Platz einnehmen darf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehrenplatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ach, das waren noch Zeiten, als Aggression, Kampf und sinnlose Gewalt einen Ehrenplatz in der Gesellschaft einnahmen.“
In einer Tischrunde ist der Platz am Kopf des Tisches oft der Ehrenplatz, den zum Beispiel das Familienoberhaupt oder ein Ehrengast einnehmen darf.
Synonyms
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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