Marktplatz
[ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Marktplatz” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,326 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,326
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zentraler (meist befestigter) öffentlicher Platz in einer Gemeinde, der zur Durchführung von Märkten und anderen Veranstaltungen oder Feierlichkeiten genutzt werden kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marktplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marktplatz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Marktplatz is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,326 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zentraler (meist befestigter) öffentlicher Platz in einer Gemeinde, der zur Durchführung von Märkten und anderen Veranstaltungen oder Feierlichkeiten genutzt werden kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marktplatz, with forms such as "amrktplatz", "makrtplatz", and "markktplatz". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Marktplatz, spelled M-A-R-K-T-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1zentraler (meist befestigter) öffentlicher Platz in einer Gemeinde, der zur Durchführung von Märkten und anderen Veranstaltungen oder Feierlichkeiten genutzt werden kann
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrktplatz,makrtplatz,markktplatz,markptlatz,marktlpatz,marktpaltz,marktplattz,marktplatzz,marktplazt,marktpllatz,marktpltaz,marktpplatz,markttplatz,marrktplatz,martkplatz,mmarktplatz,mraktplatz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marktplatz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Marktplatz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-R-K-T-P-L-A-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaʁktˌplat͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.