Frankenhausen
[ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“Frankenhausen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,789 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,789
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bad Frankenhausen; eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frankenhausen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Frankenhausen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Frankenhausen is uncommon German at frequency #76,789 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Frankenhausen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Frankenhausen, spelled F-R-A-N-K-E-N-H-A-U-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Bad Frankenhausen; eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
- 2Stadtteil von Crimmitschau, Sachsen, Deutschland
- 3Ortsteil von Mühltal, Hessen, Deutschland
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Frankenhausen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-A-N-K-E-N-H-A-U-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.