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
- Personennah…
Personennahverkehrs
1,096 corpus weight
- personifizi…
personifiziert
1,095 corpus weight
- Petrograd
Petrograd
1,092 corpus weight
- pfeifend
pfeifend
1,091 corpus weight
- Pfifferling
Pfifferling
1,090 corpus weight
- physiologis…
physiologischer
1,088 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Petrograd“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Petrograd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Petrograd“ im Deutschen
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
- 1der Name der russischen Stadt Sankt Petersburg von 1914 bis 1924
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Petrograd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.
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