Glatz
[ɡlaːt͡s]
The verdict
“Glatz” is uncommon German (frequency #55,372 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,372
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine bis 1945 deutsche Stadt in Niederschlesien. Die Stadt trägt heute den polnischen Namen Kłodzko.
Corpus desk
Index DE-glatz · Glatz · German
Glatz · rank #55,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,372
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Glasscheiben
Nearest frequency peer: Glasscheiben (-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 „Glatz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Glan
Glan
44,632 corpus weight
- Glasflasche
Glasflasche
44,631 corpus weight
- Glasscheiben
Glasscheiben
44,630 corpus weight
- Glatz
Glatz
44,629 corpus weight
- gleichbleib…
gleichbleibender
44,628 corpus weight
- Gleitgel
Gleitgel
44,626 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glatz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɡlaːt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glatz is uncommon German at frequency #55,372 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡlaːt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine bis 1945 deutsche Stadt in Niederschlesien. Die Stadt trägt heute den polnischen Namen Kłodzko.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Glatz, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Glatz, spelled G-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1eine bis 1945 deutsche Stadt in Niederschlesien. Die Stadt trägt heute den polnischen Namen Kłodzko.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Großmutter stammte aus Glatz.
das mittelalterliche Glatz
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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