Glan
[ɡlaːn]
The verdict
“Glan” is uncommon German (frequency #55,369 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,369
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Fluss in Österreich, Nebenfluss der Gurk
| 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) |
Where “Glan” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Glan is uncommon German at frequency #55,369 among 54,401 “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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Using “Glan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-A-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.