Portsmouth

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The verdict

“Portsmouth” is uncommon German (frequency #72,821 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,821
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt in Südengland

Corpus desk

Index DE-portsmouth · Portsmouth · German

Portsmouth · rank #72,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,821
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Polynesien

Nearest frequency peer: Polynesien (-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 „Portsmouth“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Portsmouth
PropertyValue
HeadwordPortsmouth
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Portsmouth“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Portsmouthfällt 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: „Polynesien“ (#72,820), „Polstern“ (#72,819), „Polos“ (#72,818). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Portsmouth“ bei #72,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Portsmouth is uncommon German at frequency #72,821 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Portsmouth, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Portsmouth, spelled P-O-R-T-S-M-O-U-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt in Südengland
  2. 2
    county-freie Stadt und ehemalige Großstadt in Virginia
  3. 3
    Hafenstadt in New Hampshire
  4. 4
    Stadt und Verwaltungssitz von Scioto County in Ohio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Nach seinem Scheitern als Boxer begann er für einen Kredithai in Portsmouth zu arbeiten.“

This word in other languages

Portsmouth(English)

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 "Portsmouth"?
"Portsmouth" is spelled P-O-R-T-S-M-O-U-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Portsmouth" mean?
As a proper noun, "Portsmouth" means: Hafenstadt in Südengland
How do you pronounce "Portsmouth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Portsmouth" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Portsmouth" come from?
"Portsmouth" 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 "Portsmouth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Polynesien#72,820pedantisch#72,800pathfinder#72,797paranoiden#72,795

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list