Haarlem
[ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm]
The verdict
“Haarlem” is uncommon German (frequency #75,740 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,740
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in den Niederlanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-haarlem · Haarlem · German
Haarlem · rank #75,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,740
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Gärtners
Nearest frequency peer: Gärtners (-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 „Haarlem“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gutaussehen…
gutaussehenden
24,264 corpus weight
- Gärtners
Gärtners
24,262 corpus weight
- Haarlem
Haarlem
24,261 corpus weight
- Habibi
Habibi
24,260 corpus weight
- hallte
hallte
24,258 corpus weight
- handliche
handliche
24,257 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Haarlem“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haarlem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haarlem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haarlem is uncommon German at frequency #75,740 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in den Niederlanden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Haarlem, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Haarlem, spelled H-A-A-R-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1Stadt in den Niederlanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Haarlem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Haarlem liegt an der Spaarne.
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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