Isthmus
[ˈɪstmʊs]
The verdict
“Isthmus” is uncommon German (frequency #84,147 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,147
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schmaler Landstreifen, der auf zwei Seiten von Wasser umgeben ist und zwei größere Landmassen miteinander verbindet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isthmus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪstmʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Isthmus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Isthmus is uncommon German at frequency #84,147 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪstmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmaler Landstreifen, der auf zwei Seiten von Wasser umgeben ist und zwei größere Landmassen miteinander verbindet".
Isthmus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Isthmus, spelled I-S-T-H-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1schmaler Landstreifen, der auf zwei Seiten von Wasser umgeben ist und zwei größere Landmassen miteinander verbindet
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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 “Isthmus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-S-T-H-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɪstmʊs] (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.