Ligurien

[liˈɡuːʁiən]

/[liˈɡuːʁiən]/ name

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The verdict

“Ligurien” is uncommon German (frequency #72,679 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,679
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oberitalienische Landschaft und Region am Golf von Genua

Corpus desk

Index DE-ligurien · Ligurien · German

Ligurien · rank #72,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,679
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Limette

Nearest frequency peer: Limette (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ligurien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ligurien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ligurien
PropertyValue
HeadwordLigurien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[liˈɡuːʁiən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,679
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ligurien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ligurienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Limette“ (#72,680), „Lieferzeiten“ (#72,677), „Liedtexte“ (#72,676). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Ligurien“ bei #72,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ligurien is uncommon German at frequency #72,679 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [liˈɡuːʁiən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oberitalienische Landschaft und Region am Golf von Genua".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ligurien, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Ligurien, spelled L-I-G-U-R-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    oberitalienische Landschaft und Region am Golf von Genua

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Napoleon errichtete in Ligurien 1797 eine von Frankreich abhängige Ligurische Republik.

This word in other languages

Liguria(English)Ligurie(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ligurien"?
"Ligurien" is spelled L-I-G-U-R-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [liˈɡuːʁiən].
What does "Ligurien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ligurien" means: oberitalienische Landschaft und Region am Golf von Genua
How do you pronounce "Ligurien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ligurien" is [liˈɡuːʁiən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ligurien" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ligurien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Matrikel#72,712kälteste#72,643Megabyte#72,716Meniskus#72,719

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list