Güssing
[ˈɡʏsɪŋ]
The verdict
“Güssing” is uncommon German (frequency #78,077 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,077
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - österreichische Stadt im Burgenland
Corpus desk
Index DE-gussing · Güssing · German
Güssing · rank #78,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,077
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH günstigeres
Nearest frequency peer: günstigeres (-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 “Güssing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- guards
guards
21,929 corpus weight
- GVG
GVG
21,928 corpus weight
- günstigeres
günstigeres
21,925 corpus weight
- Güssing
Güssing
21,924 corpus weight
- Haack
Haack
21,923 corpus weight
- halbnackte
halbnackte
21,921 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Güssing” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Güssing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʏsɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Güssing” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Güssing is uncommon German at frequency #78,077 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɡʏsɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Güssing in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Güssing, spelled G-Ü-S-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1österreichische Stadt im Burgenland
- 2österreichischer Verwaltungsbezirk im Burgenland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Güssing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Güssing liegt östlich von Graz.
Der Bezirk Güssing liegt im Südburgenland.
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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