Salamanca
[salaˈmaŋka]
The verdict
“Salamanca” is uncommon German (frequency #61,890 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,890
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Großstadt in Spanien
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Salamanca |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [salaˈmaŋka] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Salamanca” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Salamanca is uncommon German at frequency #61,890 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [salaˈmaŋka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großstadt in Spanien".
Salamanca has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Salamanca, spelled S-A-L-A-M-A-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1Großstadt in Spanien
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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Using “Salamanca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-L-A-M-A-N-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.