Lexington
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The verdict
“Lexington” is uncommon German (frequency #60,800 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,800
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Großstadt in Kentucky, USA
Corpus desk
Index DE-lexington · Lexington · German
Lexington · rank #60,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,800
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Libanesen
Nearest frequency peer: Libanesen (+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 “Lexington”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- leimen
leimen
39,205 corpus weight
- Leinöl
Leinöl
39,204 corpus weight
- Leitindex
Leitindex
39,203 corpus weight
- Lexington
Lexington
39,201 corpus weight
- Libanesen
Libanesen
39,200 corpus weight
- Liegeplatz
Liegeplatz
39,198 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lexington” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lexington |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lexington” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lexington is uncommon German at frequency #60,800 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Lexington doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Lexington, spelled L-E-X-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Großstadt in Kentucky, USA
- 2Name verschiedener Orte
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.