Menorca
[meˈnɔʁka]
The verdict
“Menorca” is uncommon German (frequency #97,381 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,381
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Insel im westlichen Mittelmeer, die zur Inselgruppe der Balearen gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-menorca · Menorca · German
Menorca · rank #97,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,381
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH menne
Nearest frequency peer: menne (-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 „Menorca“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- melodischer
melodischer
2,623 corpus weight
- menne
menne
2,621 corpus weight
- Menorca
Menorca
2,620 corpus weight
- Menschseins
Menschseins
2,619 corpus weight
- mentioned
mentioned
2,618 corpus weight
- Mersch
Mersch
2,616 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Menorca“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menorca |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [meˈnɔʁka] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Menorca“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Menorca is uncommon German at frequency #97,381 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [meˈnɔʁka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Insel im westlichen Mittelmeer, die zur Inselgruppe der Balearen gehört".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Menorca, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Menorca, spelled M-E-N-O-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1eine Insel im westlichen Mittelmeer, die zur Inselgruppe der Balearen gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Menorca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menorca ist als Ferieninsel bei vielen Engländern sehr beliebt.
Antonyms
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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