Ehrenplatz

[ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s]

/[ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ehrenplatz
PropertyValue
HeadwordEhrenplatz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ehrenplatz“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Egos“ (#58,697), „ehrfürchtig“ (#58,700), „Eilers“ (#58,701). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ehrenplatz“ bei #58,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Platz, dessen Inhaber dadurch geehrt wird, dass er diesen Platz einnehmen darf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ach, das waren noch Zeiten, als Aggression, Kampf und sinnlose Gewalt einen Ehrenplatz in der Gesellschaft einnahmen.“
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ehrenplatz"?
"Ehrenplatz" is spelled E-H-R-E-N-P-L-A-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s].
What does "Ehrenplatz" mean?
As a noun, "Ehrenplatz" means: Platz, dessen Inhaber dadurch geehrt wird, dass er diesen Platz einnehmen darf
How do you pronounce "Ehrenplatz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ehrenplatz" is [ˈeːʁənˌplat͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list