Karthago
[kaʁˈtaːɡo]
The verdict
“Karthago” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #41,273 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #41,273
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Nordosten Tunesiens gelegene antike, phönizische Küstenstadt, die seit 1979 zum UNESCO-Welterbe gehört
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karthago |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈtaːɡo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karthago” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Karthago is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaʁˈtaːɡo]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,273 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karthago, with forms such as "akrthago", "karhtago", and "karrthago". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Karthago, spelled K-A-R-T-H-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1im Nordosten Tunesiens gelegene antike, phönizische Küstenstadt, die seit 1979 zum UNESCO-Welterbe gehört
- 2der um die Ruinen der unter [1] beschriebenen antiken Stadt entstandene und nach dieser benannte Vorort von Tunis
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akrthago,karhtago,karrthago,kartahgo,karthaggo,karthaog,karthgao,karthhago,kartthago,katrhago,kkarthago,krathago
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karthago - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Karthago”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-R-T-H-A-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaʁˈtaːɡo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.