Providence
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The verdict
“Providence” is uncommon German (frequency #54,002 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,002
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaats Rhode Island
Corpus desk
Index DE-providence · Providence · German
Providence · rank #54,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,002
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Protestbewegu…
Nearest frequency peer: Protestbewegung (-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 „Providence“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Profiteure
Profiteure
46,002 corpus weight
- progressiver
progressiver
46,001 corpus weight
- Protestbewe…
Protestbewegung
46,000 corpus weight
- Providence
Providence
45,999 corpus weight
- Psychoanaly…
Psychoanalytiker
45,998 corpus weight
- publications
publications
45,997 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Providence“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Providence |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Providence“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Providence is uncommon German at frequency #54,002 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaats Rhode Island".
Providence doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Providence, spelled P-R-O-V-I-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaats Rhode Island
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Providence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erinnere dich an das malerische Providence, das auf seinen sieben Hügeln über dem blauen Hafen liegt und dessen grüne Terrassen hinaufführen zu Kirchtürmen und Zitadellen lebendiger Vergangenheit, und an Newport, das wie eine Fantasie aus dem träumenden Wellenbrecher kriecht.“
„Einer dieser Amateurforscher - ein älterer Exzentriker aus Providence in Rhode Island, den eine langjährige, enge Brieffreundschaft mit Carter verband - vertrat eine noch schillerndere Theorie.“
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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