Formentera
[fɔʁmenˈteʁa]
The verdict
“Formentera” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - südlich vor Ibiza gelegene, bewohnte Insel der Balearen
Corpus desk
Index DE-formentera · Formentera · German
Formentera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Formentera |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [fɔʁmenˈteʁa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Formentera“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Formentera is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [fɔʁmenˈteʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "südlich vor Ibiza gelegene, bewohnte Insel der Balearen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Formentera in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Formentera, spelled F-O-R-M-E-N-T-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1südlich vor Ibiza gelegene, bewohnte Insel der Balearen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Formentera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf der spanischen Ferieninsel Formentera ist es zu einem tödlichen Familienstreit gekommen.“
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.