Kastilien-La Mancha

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The verdict

“Kastilien-La Mancha” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine autonome Gemeinschaft Spaniens

Corpus desk

Index DE-kastilien-la-mancha · Kastilien-La Mancha · German

Kastilien-La Mancha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Kastilien-La Mancha
PropertyValue
HeadwordKastilien-La Mancha
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kastilien-La Mancha” sits in German frequency

Kastilien-La Mancha falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kastilien-La Mancha is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine autonome Gemeinschaft Spaniens".

Kastilien-La Mancha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kastilien-La Mancha, spelled K-A-S-T-I-L-I-E-N---L-A- -M-A-N-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine autonome Gemeinschaft Spaniens

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kastilien-La Mancha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Kastilien umfasste historisch zunächst die nördlich von Madrid gelegene Meseta, also das Duero-Becken, und dehnte sich in Folge der Kriege gegen die Mauren nach Süden aus, so dass die heutigen autonomen Regionen Madrid, Kastilien-La Mancha, Extremadura, Murcia und Andalusien im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert noch als ‚Königreich Kastilien‘ bezeichnet wurden (zu…

This word in other languages

Castilla-La Mancha(Español)Castille-La Manche(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kastilien-La Mancha"?
"Kastilien-La Mancha" is spelled K-A-S-T-I-L-I-E-N---L-A- -M-A-N-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Kastilien-La Mancha" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kastilien-La Mancha" means: eine autonome Gemeinschaft Spaniens
How do you pronounce "Kastilien-La Mancha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kastilien-La Mancha" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kastilien-La Mancha" come from?
"Kastilien-La Mancha" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list