Korfu
[ˈkɔʁfu]
The verdict
“Korfu” is uncommon German (frequency #53,835 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,835
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - griechische Insel im Ionischen Meer
Corpus desk
Index DE-korfu · Korfu · German
Korfu · rank #53,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,835
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Koproduktion
Nearest frequency peer: Koproduktion (-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 “Korfu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- komponierten
komponierten
46,169 corpus weight
- Kopfverletz…
Kopfverletzung
46,168 corpus weight
- Koproduktion
Koproduktion
46,167 corpus weight
- Korfu
Korfu
46,166 corpus weight
- Koriander
Koriander
46,165 corpus weight
- Krake
Krake
46,162 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Korfu” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Korfu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔʁfu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Korfu” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Korfu is uncommon German at frequency #53,835 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɔʁfu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "griechische Insel im Ionischen Meer".
Korfu has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Korfu, spelled K-O-R-F-U.
Definition
- 1griechische Insel im Ionischen Meer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Korfu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf der griechischen Insel Korfu ist eine 22-jährige Belgierin, die per europäischem Haftbefehl gesucht wurde, festgenommen worden.“
„Ich aber fand die Schwatzhaftigkeit von Signora F. unglaublich, die doch nicht ganz Korfu verraten mußte, welcher Art die Geschichten waren, die ich ihr unter vier Augen erzählte.“
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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