Saloniki
[zaloˈniːki]
The verdict
“Saloniki” is uncommon German (frequency #53,204 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,204
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzname für die Stadt Thessaloniki im Nordosten von Griechenland
Corpus desk
Index DE-saloniki · Saloniki · German
Saloniki · rank #53,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,204
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sanitäranlagen
Nearest frequency peer: Sanitäranlagen (+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 „Saloniki“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rumänischer
rumänischer
46,800 corpus weight
- rutschig
rutschig
46,799 corpus weight
- Saloniki
Saloniki
46,797 corpus weight
- Sanitäranla…
Sanitäranlagen
46,796 corpus weight
- sanitäre
sanitäre
46,795 corpus weight
- schaben
schaben
46,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Saloniki“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saloniki |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zaloˈniːki] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Saloniki“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Saloniki is uncommon German at frequency #53,204 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zaloˈniːki]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzname für die Stadt Thessaloniki im Nordosten von Griechenland".
Zero misspellings are on record for Saloniki in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Saloniki, spelled S-A-L-O-N-I-K-I.
Definition
- 1Kurzname für die Stadt Thessaloniki im Nordosten von Griechenland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Saloniki appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Stadt Saloniki liegt an den nordwestlichen Ausläufern des 1201 Meter hohen Chortiatis und grenzt an den Thermaischen Golf.
„Der Ältere hatte sein Erbteil erhalten, lebte in Saloniki, betrieb dort ein Handelsgeschäft und war zu Reichtum gelangt.“
Synonyms
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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