Maputo
[maˈpuːto]
The verdict
“Maputo” 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
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt Mosambiks
Corpus desk
Index DE-maputo · Maputo · German
Maputo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maputo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maˈpuːto] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maputo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maputo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [maˈpuːto]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt Mosambiks".
Maputo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Maputo, spelled M-A-P-U-T-O.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt Mosambiks
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maputo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lissabon ist eine Partnerstadt Maputos.
„Vom fernen Maputo aus zog er die Fäden, doch den Gefahren des Guerillakriegs setzte er sich nicht aus.“
Synonyms
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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.