Formosa

[fɔʁˈmoːza]

/[fɔʁˈmoːza]/ name

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The verdict

“Formosa” is uncommon German (frequency #73,501 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,501
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taiwan, eine Insel im Pazifik vor der Küste Chinas

Corpus desk

Index DE-formosa · Formosa · German

Formosa · rank #73,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,501
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flössen

Nearest frequency peer: flössen (-2 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 „Formosa“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Formosa
PropertyValue
HeadwordFormosa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[fɔʁˈmoːza]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,501
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Formosa“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Formosafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „flössen“ (#73,499), „fragende“ (#73,503), „Flusskilometer“ (#73,498). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Formosa“ bei #73,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Formosa is uncommon German at frequency #73,501 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [fɔʁˈmoːza]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Formosa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Formosa, spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taiwan, eine Insel im Pazifik vor der Küste Chinas
  2. 2
    Stadt im Nordosten Argentiniens
  3. 3
    argentinische Provinz mit [2] als Hauptstadt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Zu touristischen Marketingzwecken wird gerne auch auf den alten Namen Formosa zurückgegriffen bzw. hingewiesen, welcher aus dem Portugiesischen stammt und schöne Insel bedeutet.“

This word in other languages

Formosa(English)Formosa(Español)

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 "Formosa"?
"Formosa" is spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fɔʁˈmoːza].
What does "Formosa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Formosa" means: Taiwan, eine Insel im Pazifik vor der Küste Chinas
How do you pronounce "Formosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Formosa" is [fɔʁˈmoːza]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Formosa" come from?
"Formosa" 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 "Formosa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flössen#73,499frostig#73,505Fuchtel#73,507Gehalte#73,524

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list