Perugia

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The verdict

“Perugia” is uncommon German (frequency #58,167 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,167
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Umbrien

Corpus desk

Index DE-perugia · Perugia · German

Perugia · rank #58,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,167
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Peschmerga

Nearest frequency peer: Peschmerga (+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 „Perugia“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Perugia
PropertyValue
HeadwordPerugia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,167
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Perugia“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Perugiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Peschmerga“ (#58,168), „Perm“ (#58,165), „petto“ (#58,169). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Perugia“ bei #58,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Perugia is uncommon German at frequency #58,167 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Umbrien".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Perugia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Perugia, spelled P-E-R-U-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Umbrien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Dann ging er zum Busbahnhof. Dort fuhr um 8:02 Uhr ein Bus nach Perugia.“

This word in other languages

Pérouse(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 "Perugia"?
"Perugia" is spelled P-E-R-U-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Perugia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Perugia" means: Hauptstadt der italienischen Region Umbrien
How do you pronounce "Perugia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Perugia" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Perugia" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pfiffig#58,170peaches#58,162Phyllis#58,172Pastors#58,158

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list