Frankenhausen

[ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩]

/[ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩]/ name

The verdict

“Frankenhausen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,789 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,789
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bad Frankenhausen; eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-frankenhausen · Frankenhausen · German

Frankenhausen · rank #76,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,789
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fragwürdiges

Nearest frequency peer: fragwürdiges (-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 „Frankenhausen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Frankenhausen
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrankenhausen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#76,789
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Frankenhausen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fragwürdiges“ (#76,788), „Fotomontage“ (#76,787), „freihändig“ (#76,791). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Frankenhausen“ bei #76,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Frankenhausen is uncommon German at frequency #76,789 among 3,474 “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

  1. 1
    Bad Frankenhausen; eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
  2. 2
    Stadtteil von Crimmitschau, Sachsen, Deutschland
  3. 3
    Ortsteil von Mühltal, Hessen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Frankenhausen liegt in Deutschlands Mitte.
  2. Frankenhausen liegt in Deutschlands Osten.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Frankenhausen"?
"Frankenhausen" is spelled F-R-A-N-K-E-N-H-A-U-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩].
What does "Frankenhausen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Frankenhausen" means: Bad Frankenhausen; eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Frankenhausen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Frankenhausen" is [ˌfʁaŋkn̩ˈhaʊ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list