Haarlem

/[ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#75,740

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Haarlem is aGermanname. It means: Stadt in den Niederlanden Pronounced [ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm].

Key facts for Haarlem
PropertyValue
HeadwordHaarlem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,740
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Haarlem in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Haarlem is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,740 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in den Niederlanden".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Haarlem in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Haarlem, spelled H-A-A-R-L-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in den Niederlanden

Frequency rank: #75,740 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Haarlem"?
"Haarlem" is spelled H-A-A-R-L-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm].
What does "Haarlem" mean?
As a name, "Haarlem" means: Stadt in den Niederlanden
How do you pronounce "Haarlem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Haarlem" is [ˈhaːɐ̯lɛm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Haarlem" come from?
"Haarlem" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.