Kobane
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The verdict
“Kobane” is uncommon German (frequency #76,975 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,975
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - syrische Stadt an der Grenze zur Türkei
Corpus desk
Index DE-kobane · Kobane · German
Kobane · rank #76,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,975
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Koalitionsreg…
Nearest frequency peer: Koalitionsregierung (-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 “Kobane”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kleinvieh
Kleinvieh
23,030 corpus weight
- klitzekleine
klitzekleine
23,028 corpus weight
- Koalitionsr…
Koalitionsregierung
23,027 corpus weight
- Kobane
Kobane
23,026 corpus weight
- kolossal
kolossal
23,025 corpus weight
- Komparsen
Komparsen
23,023 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kobane” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kobane |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kobane” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Kobane is uncommon German at frequency #76,975 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "syrische Stadt an der Grenze zur Türkei".
Kobane has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kobane, spelled K-O-B-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1syrische Stadt an der Grenze zur Türkei
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kobane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Demonstranten erwarten von der Bundesregierung ein stärkeres Einwirken auf die Türkei, die den Kurden in Kobane beistehen müsse.“
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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