Nordfriesland
[nɔʁtˈfʁiːslant]
The verdict
“Nordfriesland” is uncommon German (frequency #61,780 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,780
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region im Nordwesten von Schleswig-Holstein
Corpus desk
Index DE-nordfriesland · Nordfriesland · German
Nordfriesland · rank #61,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,780
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nose
Nearest frequency peer: nose (+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 „Nordfriesland“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- niederrhein…
niederrheinischen
38,225 corpus weight
- niederöster…
niederösterreichische
38,224 corpus weight
- Nordfriesla…
Nordfriesland
38,221 corpus weight
- nose
nose
38,220 corpus weight
- Notrufe
Notrufe
38,219 corpus weight
- Oberkochen
Oberkochen
38,217 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nordfriesland“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nordfriesland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [nɔʁtˈfʁiːslant] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nordfriesland“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nordfriesland is uncommon German at frequency #61,780 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [nɔʁtˈfʁiːslant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Nordfriesland in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nordfriesland, spelled N-O-R-D-F-R-I-E-S-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Region im Nordwesten von Schleswig-Holstein
- 2Landkreis im Nordwesten von Schleswig-Holstein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nordfriesland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nordfriesland liegt an der Nordseeküste.
Die Inseln Sylt, Föhr und Amrum gehören zu Nordfriesland.
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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