Ephesus
[ˈeːfezʊs]
The verdict
“Ephesus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antiker Name des heutigen Efes in der Türkei
Corpus desk
Index DE-ephesus · Ephesus · German
Ephesus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ephesus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːfezʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ephesus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ephesus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈeːfezʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antiker Name des heutigen Efes in der Türkei".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ephesus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ephesus, spelled E-P-H-E-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1antiker Name des heutigen Efes in der Türkei
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ephesus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ephesus war im Altertum eine der ältesten, größten und bedeutendsten griechischen Städte Kleinasiens.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.