Petrograd

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The verdict

“Petrograd” is uncommon German (frequency #98,909 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,909
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Name der russischen Stadt Sankt Petersburg von 1914 bis 1924

Corpus desk

Index DE-petrograd · Petrograd · German

Petrograd · rank #98,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,909
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pfeifend

Nearest frequency peer: pfeifend (+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 „Petrograd“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Petrograd
PropertyValue
HeadwordPetrograd
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Petrograd“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pfeifend“ (#98,910), „Pfifferling“ (#98,911), „personifiziert“ (#98,906). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Petrograd“ bei #98,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Petrograd is uncommon German at frequency #98,909 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Name der russischen Stadt Sankt Petersburg von 1914 bis 1924".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Petrograd, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Petrograd, spelled P-E-T-R-O-G-R-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Name der russischen Stadt Sankt Petersburg von 1914 bis 1924

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Petrograder Sowjet misstraute der Regierung, und von der Front kamen Hunderte von Delegierten der breiten Soldatenmassen, die erklärten: ›Es ist wahr, wir brauchen Verstärkung; wichtiger aber ist uns, Petrograd und die Revolution in guten Händen zu wissen …‹“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Petrograd"?
"Petrograd" is spelled P-E-T-R-O-G-R-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Petrograd" mean?
As a proper noun, "Petrograd" means: der Name der russischen Stadt Sankt Petersburg von 1914 bis 1924
How do you pronounce "Petrograd"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Petrograd" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Petrograd" come from?
"Petrograd" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list