Eureka

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The verdict

“Eureka” is uncommon German (frequency #56,960 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,960
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt im Nordwesten des US-Bundesstaats Kalifornien

Corpus desk

Index DE-eureka · Eureka · German

Eureka · rank #56,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,960
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eventualitäten

Nearest frequency peer: Eventualitäten (+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 „Eureka“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eureka
PropertyValue
HeadwordEureka
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Eureka“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Eventualitäten“ (#56,961), „Expertenkommission“ (#56,962), „erzeuge“ (#56,957). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Eureka“ bei #56,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eureka is uncommon German at frequency #56,960 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Eureka doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Eureka, spelled E-U-R-E-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt im Nordwesten des US-Bundesstaats Kalifornien
  2. 2
    weitere Städte untere anderem in den USA, zum Beispiel in Nevada

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eureka ist die westlichste Stadt mit über 25.000 Einwohnern der Contiguous United States.

This word in other languages

Eureka(English)

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 "Eureka"?
"Eureka" is spelled E-U-R-E-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Eureka" mean?
As a proper noun, "Eureka" means: Hafenstadt im Nordwesten des US-Bundesstaats Kalifornien
How do you pronounce "Eureka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eureka" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eureka" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erwäge#56,956Faller#56,967entern#56,945Dharma#56,889

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list