Paphos
[ˈpaːfɔs]
The verdict
“Paphos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt auf der Insel Zypern
Corpus desk
Index DE-paphos · Paphos · German
Paphos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paphos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaːfɔs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paphos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paphos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpaːfɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt auf der Insel Zypern".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Paphos, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Paphos, spelled P-A-P-H-O-S.
Definition
- 1Hafenstadt auf der Insel Zypern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paphos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit dem 6. Mai 2004 dürfen Urlauber aus allen EU-Staaten, die in Larnaca oder Paphos (griechischer Teil von Zypern) gelandet sind, die ganze Insel ohne Einschränkungen bereisen.“
„Die Stadt Paphos besteht eigentlich aus drei weit auseinanderliegenden Orten: Neu-Paphos, dem Hafen; Alt-Paphos oder Kouklia mit dem Aphrodite-Heiligtum und dem am Bergeshang gelegenen Ktima, wo man heute wohnt und herrliche Sonnenuntergänge erleben kann.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.