Samarkand

[samaʁˈkant]

/[samaʁˈkant]/ name

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The verdict

“Samarkand” is uncommon German (frequency #87,010 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,010
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-samarkand · Samarkand · German

Samarkand · rank #87,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,010
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salaten

Nearest frequency peer: Salaten (-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 „Samarkand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Samarkand
PropertyValue
HeadwordSamarkand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[samaʁˈkant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,010
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Samarkand“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Samarkandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Salaten“ (#87,009), „Samstagmittag“ (#87,011), „salafistischen“ (#87,008). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Samarkand“ bei #87,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Samarkand is uncommon German at frequency #87,010 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [samaʁˈkant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Usbekistan".

Samarkand has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Samarkand, spelled S-A-M-A-R-K-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Usbekistan

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Von Kabul aus, seiner ersten Residenz, verlagerte Babur (1500–1530) nach verschiedenen missglückten Versuchen, das zentralasiatische Samarkand einzunehmen, 1519 sein Herrschaftszentrum in die Region südlich des Hindukusch.“
  2. „So war die Stadt selbst zu einem Sternenhimmel der Träume geworden, erfüllt von fantastischer Musik und verschmolzen mit den Wundern von Carcassonne, Samarkand, El Dorado und all den anderen glorreichen, sagenumwobenen Städten.“

This word in other languages

Samarkand(English)Samarcanda(Español)Samarcande(Français)

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 "Samarkand"?
"Samarkand" is spelled S-A-M-A-R-K-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [samaʁˈkant].
What does "Samarkand" mean?
As a proper noun, "Samarkand" means: Stadt in Usbekistan
How do you pronounce "Samarkand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Samarkand" is [samaʁˈkant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Samarkand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Samarkand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sargnagel#87,013Sachstand#87,004Schindeln#87,019Rezitativ#86,982

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list