Piacenza

[pi̯aˈt͡ʃɛnt͡sa]

/[pi̯aˈt͡ʃɛnt͡sa]/ name

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The verdict

“Piacenza” is uncommon German (frequency #81,984 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,984
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Italien gelegene Provinzhauptstadt im Westen der Region Emilia-Romagna

Corpus desk

Index DE-piacenza · Piacenza · German

Piacenza · rank #81,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,984
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH phänomenale

Nearest frequency peer: phänomenale (-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 „Piacenza“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Piacenza
PropertyValue
HeadwordPiacenza
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[pi̯aˈt͡ʃɛnt͡sa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,984
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Piacenza“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Piacenzafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „phänomenale“ (#81,983), „picks“ (#81,985), „philosophical“ (#81,982). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Piacenza“ bei #81,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Piacenza is uncommon German at frequency #81,984 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pi̯aˈt͡ʃɛnt͡sa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Italien gelegene Provinzhauptstadt im Westen der Region Emilia-Romagna".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Piacenza in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Piacenza, spelled P-I-A-C-E-N-Z-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Italien gelegene Provinzhauptstadt im Westen der Region Emilia-Romagna

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Papst Paul III. erhob Parma und Piacenza 1545 zu Herzogtümern, mit denen er seinen unehelichen Sohn Pietro Luigi Farnese (* 1503, † 1547) belehnte.“

Synonyms

Placentia

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 "Piacenza"?
"Piacenza" is spelled P-I-A-C-E-N-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pi̯aˈt͡ʃɛnt͡sa].
What does "Piacenza" mean?
As a proper noun, "Piacenza" means: in Italien gelegene Provinzhauptstadt im Westen der Region Emilia-Romagna
How do you pronounce "Piacenza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Piacenza" is [pi̯aˈt͡ʃɛnt͡sa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Piacenza" come from?
"Piacenza" 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 "Piacenza", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Popsongs#81,997patients#81,966prickeln#82,002Ortsname#81,957

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list