Esperanto

[ˌɛspəˈʁanto]

/[ˌɛspəˈʁanto]/ name

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The verdict

“Esperanto” is uncommon German (frequency #57,827 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,827
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bedeutendste Plansprache

Corpus desk

Index DE-esperanto · Esperanto · German

Esperanto · rank #57,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,827
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eskorte

Nearest frequency peer: Eskorte (-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 „Esperanto“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Esperanto
PropertyValue
HeadwordEsperanto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˌɛspəˈʁanto]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Esperanto“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Esperantofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Eskorte“ (#57,826), „Estrich“ (#57,828), „erwischten“ (#57,825). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Esperanto“ bei #57,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Esperanto is uncommon German at frequency #57,827 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌɛspəˈʁanto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bedeutendste Plansprache".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Esperanto, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Esperanto, spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    bedeutendste Plansprache

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Esperanto ist eine Plansprache.
  2. Wie heißt das auf Esperanto?

This word in other languages

Esperanto(English)esperanto(Español)espéranto(Français)

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 "Esperanto"?
"Esperanto" is spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛspəˈʁanto].
What does "Esperanto" mean?
As a proper noun, "Esperanto" means: bedeutendste Plansprache
How do you pronounce "Esperanto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Esperanto" is [ˌɛspəˈʁanto]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Esperanto" come from?
"Esperanto" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erdrutsch#57,817faulenzen#57,846engineers#57,807Endspiele#57,805

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list