Glan
[ɡlaːn]
The verdict
“Glan” is uncommon German (frequency #55,369 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,369
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Fluss in Österreich, Nebenfluss der Gurk
Corpus desk
Index DE-glan · Glan · German
Glan · rank #55,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,369
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Glasflasche
Nearest frequency peer: Glasflasche (+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 „Glan“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gewerkschaf…
Gewerkschaftsbundes
44,635 corpus weight
- Gewinnmaxim…
Gewinnmaximierung
44,634 corpus weight
- Glan
Glan
44,632 corpus weight
- Glasflasche
Glasflasche
44,631 corpus weight
- Glasscheiben
Glasscheiben
44,630 corpus weight
- Glatz
Glatz
44,629 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glan“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɡlaːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glan is uncommon German at frequency #55,369 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡlaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Glan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Glan, spelled G-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1ein Fluss in Österreich, Nebenfluss der Gurk
- 2ein Fluss in Österreich, Nebenfluss der Salzach
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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