Ginkgo

[ˈɡɪŋko]

/[ˈɡɪŋko]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ginkgo” is uncommon German (frequency #75,713 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,713
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baum aus der Familie der Ginkgogewächse

Corpus desk

Index DE-ginkgo · Ginkgo · German

Ginkgo · rank #75,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,713
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gezähmt

Nearest frequency peer: gezähmt (-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 „Ginkgo“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ginkgo
PropertyValue
HeadwordGinkgo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɪŋko]
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,713
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ginkgo“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gezähmt“ (#75,711), „gewälzt“ (#75,710), „gleichartigen“ (#75,716). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Ginkgo“ bei #75,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ginkgo is uncommon German at frequency #75,713 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɪŋko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Baum aus der Familie der Ginkgogewächse".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ginkgo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ginkgo, spelled G-I-N-K-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baum aus der Familie der Ginkgogewächse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Ginkgo ist ein lebendes Fossil.
  2. Der Ginkgo ist nahe mit den Nadelbäumen verwandt.

Synonyms

Ginkgo biloba

This word in other languages

ginkgo(English)ginkgo(Français)

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 "Ginkgo"?
"Ginkgo" is spelled G-I-N-K-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɪŋko].
What does "Ginkgo" mean?
As a noun, "Ginkgo" means: Baum aus der Familie der Ginkgogewächse
How do you pronounce "Ginkgo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ginkgo" is [ˈɡɪŋko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ginkgo" come from?
"Ginkgo" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Habibi#75,741Gelage#75,684hallte#75,743gegart#75,679

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list