Geisterstadt
[ˈɡaɪ̯stɐˌʃtat]
The verdict
“Geisterstadt” is uncommon German (frequency #59,676 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,676
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von ihren Bewohnern aufgegebene (geisterhaft wirkende) Stadt
Corpus desk
Index DE-geisterstadt · Geisterstadt · German
Geisterstadt · rank #59,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,676
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gehänselt
Nearest frequency peer: gehänselt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Geisterstadt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gegliederten
gegliederten
40,328 corpus weight
- Geheimwaffe
Geheimwaffe
40,327 corpus weight
- gehänselt
gehänselt
40,326 corpus weight
- Geisterstadt
Geisterstadt
40,325 corpus weight
- geistlich
geistlich
40,324 corpus weight
- gekrönten
gekrönten
40,323 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Geisterstadt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geisterstadt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stɐˌʃtat] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geisterstadt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Geisterstadt is uncommon German at frequency #59,676 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stɐˌʃtat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von ihren Bewohnern aufgegebene (geisterhaft wirkende) Stadt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Geisterstadt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Geisterstadt, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-R-S-T-A-D-T.
Definition
- 1von ihren Bewohnern aufgegebene (geisterhaft wirkende) Stadt
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This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.