Nordkap
[ˈnɔʁtˌkap]
The verdict
“Nordkap” is uncommon German (frequency #66,545 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,545
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein ins Nordpolarmeer hineinragendes Kap an der Nordseite der norwegischen Insel Magerøya, der nördlichste vom Festland aus auf dem Straßenweg erreichbare Punkt Europas
Corpus desk
Index DE-nordkap · Nordkap · German
Nordkap · rank #66,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,545
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,919
- PHOTO-FINISH Nordfrankreich
Nearest frequency peer: Nordfrankreich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Nordkap”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- niest
niest
33,461 corpus weight
- nightingale
nightingale
33,460 corpus weight
- Nordfrankre…
Nordfrankreich
33,457 corpus weight
- Nordkap
Nordkap
33,456 corpus weight
- Nutzerin
Nutzerin
33,453 corpus weight
- Nutztieren
Nutztieren
33,452 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nordkap” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nordkap |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔʁtˌkap] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nordkap” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nordkap is uncommon German at frequency #66,545 among 26,919 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈnɔʁtˌkap]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Nordkap in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Nordkap, spelled N-O-R-D-K-A-P.
Definition
- 1ein ins Nordpolarmeer hineinragendes Kap an der Nordseite der norwegischen Insel Magerøya, der nördlichste vom Festland aus auf dem Straßenweg erreichbare Punkt Europas
- 2Provinz im Nordwesten von Südafrika
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.