Palmyra

[palˈmyːʁa]

/[palˈmyːʁa]/ name

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The verdict

“Palmyra” is uncommon German (frequency #58,153 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,153
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antike Ruinenstadt in Syrien

Corpus desk

Index DE-palmyra · Palmyra · German

Palmyra · rank #58,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,153
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Paktes

Nearest frequency peer: Paktes (-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 „Palmyra“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Palmyra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Palmyra
PropertyValue
HeadwordPalmyra
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[palˈmyːʁa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Palmyra“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Palmyrafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Paktes“ (#58,152), „paritätischen“ (#58,154), „parteiisch“ (#58,155). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Palmyra“ bei #58,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Palmyra is uncommon German at frequency #58,153 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [palˈmyːʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antike Ruinenstadt in Syrien".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Palmyra, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Palmyra, spelled P-A-L-M-Y-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    antike Ruinenstadt in Syrien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Palmyra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Ruinen von Palmyra gehören zum Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
  2. „Wo bleibt der Aufschrei im Westen über die drohende Zerstörung von Palmyra durch den IS?“

This word in other languages

Palmyra(English)Palmira(Español)Palmyre(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Palmyra"?
"Palmyra" is spelled P-A-L-M-Y-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [palˈmyːʁa].
What does "Palmyra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Palmyra" means: antike Ruinenstadt in Syrien
How do you pronounce "Palmyra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Palmyra" is [palˈmyːʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Palmyra" come from?
"Palmyra" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Palmyra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pastors#58,158Ostteil#58,147peaches#58,162Perugia#58,167

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list