Erbil

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The verdict

“Erbil” is uncommon German (frequency #76,723 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,723
frequency rank, German
57,060
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in Irak; Arbil

Key facts for Erbil
PropertyValue
HeadwordErbil
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,723
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Erbil” 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). Erbil 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

Erbil is uncommon German at frequency #76,723 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Irak; Arbil".

Erbil has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Erbil, spelled E-R-B-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Irak; Arbil

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 "Erbil"?
"Erbil" is spelled E-R-B-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Erbil" mean?
As a proper noun, "Erbil" means: Stadt in Irak; Arbil
How do you pronounce "Erbil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erbil" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erbil" come from?
"Erbil" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Erbil”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-R-B-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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