Intercity
[ɪntɐˈsɪti]
The verdict
“Intercity” is an uncommon German word, ranked #53,804 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,804
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zug der gleichnamigen Zuggattung, die sich meist durch besseren Komfort, höhere Geschwindigkeit, weniger Halte und längere Reisewege auszeichnet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Intercity |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪntɐˈsɪti] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Intercity” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Intercity is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪntɐˈsɪti]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,804 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zug der gleichnamigen Zuggattung, die sich meist durch besseren Komfort, höhere Geschwindigkeit, weniger Halte und längere Reisewege auszeichnet".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Intercity, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Intercity, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Zug der gleichnamigen Zuggattung, die sich meist durch besseren Komfort, höhere Geschwindigkeit, weniger Halte und längere Reisewege auszeichnet
This word in other languages
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 “Intercity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-N-T-E-R-C-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪntɐˈsɪti] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.