Eltville

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The verdict

“Eltville” is uncommon German (frequency #56,940 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,940
frequency rank, German
57,060
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-eltville · Eltville · German

Eltville · rank #56,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,940
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 57,060
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elektrolyse

Nearest frequency peer: Elektrolyse (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Eltville”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Eltville” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Eltville
PropertyValue
HeadwordEltville
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,940
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Eltville” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Eltville lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eltville is uncommon German at frequency #56,940 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".

Zero misspellings are on record for Eltville in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Eltville, spelled E-L-T-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eltville liegt im Süden Hessens.
  2. „Eltville ist touristisch erschlossen und bekannt für die Produktion von Wein und Sekt, der in den zahlreichen Weingütern und Straußwirtschaften verkostet werden kann.“

Synonyms

Eltville am Rhein

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eltville"?
"Eltville" is spelled E-L-T-V-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Eltville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Eltville" means: eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Eltville"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eltville" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eltville" come from?
"Eltville" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list