Ishikawa
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The verdict
“Ishikawa” is uncommon German (frequency #87,885 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,885
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Präfektur in Japan
Corpus desk
Index DE-ishikawa · Ishikawa · German
Ishikawa · rank #87,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,885
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,725
- PHOTO-FINISH intrinsische
Nearest frequency peer: intrinsische (-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 “Ishikawa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- innovativst…
innovativsten
12,121 corpus weight
- Inseraten
Inseraten
12,120 corpus weight
- instruiert
instruiert
12,118 corpus weight
- intrinsische
intrinsische
12,117 corpus weight
- Ishikawa
Ishikawa
12,116 corpus weight
- IVF
IVF
12,113 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ishikawa” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ishikawa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ishikawa” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ishikawa is uncommon German at frequency #87,885 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präfektur in Japan".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ishikawa in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Ishikawa, spelled I-S-H-I-K-A-W-A.
Definition
- 1Präfektur in Japan
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ishikawa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.