Mombasa
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The verdict
“Mombasa” is uncommon German (frequency #68,489 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,489
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt in Kenia
Corpus desk
Index DE-mombasa · Mombasa · German
Mombasa · rank #68,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,489
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Moduls
Nearest frequency peer: Moduls (-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 „Mombasa“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- modo
modo
31,515 corpus weight
- modularen
modularen
31,514 corpus weight
- Moduls
Moduls
31,513 corpus weight
- Mombasa
Mombasa
31,512 corpus weight
- Monatsgehalt
Monatsgehalt
31,511 corpus weight
- Mordverdacht
Mordverdacht
31,510 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mombasa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mombasa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mombasa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mombasa is uncommon German at frequency #68,489 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt in Kenia".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mombasa, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mombasa, spelled M-O-M-B-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1Hafenstadt in Kenia
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mombasa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Mombasa arbeitete ich meine neue Theorie zur Entwicklung und Übertragung zeitweilig abklingenden Fiebers aus, wobei ich mich zu einem geringen Teil auf Schriften des Regierungsarztes Sir Norman Sloane stützte, die ich in dem von mir bezogenen Haus vorfand.“
„Eine Nachricht wekte unsere Neugier: Im Hafen von Mombasa waren große Depots mit Macheten entdeckt worden - Made in China, so wie alles und überall.“
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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