Isthmus
[ˈɪstmʊs]
The verdict
“Isthmus” is uncommon German (frequency #84,147 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,147
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmaler Landstreifen, der auf zwei Seiten von Wasser umgeben ist und zwei größere Landmassen miteinander verbindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-isthmus · Isthmus · German
Isthmus · rank #84,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,147
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH ITU
Nearest frequency peer: ITU (+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 „Isthmus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- irrsinnige
irrsinnige
15,857 corpus weight
- Irrtümern
Irrtümern
15,856 corpus weight
- Isthmus
Isthmus
15,854 corpus weight
- ITU
ITU
15,853 corpus weight
- Janna
Janna
15,852 corpus weight
- jaulen
jaulen
15,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Isthmus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Isthmus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Isthmus is uncommon German at frequency #84,147 among 1,488 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Isthmus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Isthmus stellt meist den günstigsten Ort für den Bau von Transportwegen und Verteidigungsanlagen dar.
„Und ich habe gehört, daß sie dort sogar die seltenste und eigenartigste aller Blumen haben, die wundervolle Espiritu Santo, wie die Spanier sie nennen - oder die Blume des Heiligen Geistes -, obwohl ich dachte, sie gedeihe nur in Mittelamerika in der Gegend des Isthmus.“
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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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