Puerto Rico
[ˈpu̯ɛʁto ˈʁiːko]
The verdict
“Puerto Rico” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Insel in der Karibik
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Puerto Rico |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpu̯ɛʁto ˈʁiːko] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Puerto Rico” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Puerto Rico is 11 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpu̯ɛʁto ˈʁiːko]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Puerto Rico in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Puerto Rico, spelled P-U-E-R-T-O- -R-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Insel in der Karibik
- 2US-amerikanisches Außengebiet, das Puerto Rico ^([1]) und einige benachbarte Inseln umfasst
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Puerto Rico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-U-E-R-T-O- -R-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpu̯ɛʁto ˈʁiːko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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