sancta

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The verdict

“sancta” is uncommon German (frequency #70,751 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,751
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs sanctus

Corpus desk

Index DE-sancta · sancta · German

sancta · rank #70,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,751
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salpetersäure

Nearest frequency peer: Salpetersäure (-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 „sancta“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sancta
PropertyValue
Headwordsancta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sancta“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sanctafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Salpetersäure“ (#70,750), „sailing“ (#70,748), „Sarstedt“ (#70,754). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sancta“ bei #70,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sancta is uncommon German at frequency #70,751 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sancta in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sancta, spelled S-A-N-C-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs sanctus
  2. 2
    Vokativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs sanctus
  3. 3
    Ablativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs sanctus
  4. 4
    Nominativ Plural Neutrum des Adjektivs sanctus
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural Neutrum des Adjektivs sanctus
  6. 6
    Vokativ Plural Neutrum des Adjektivs sanctus

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 "sancta"?
"sancta" is spelled S-A-N-C-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sancta" mean?
As an adjective, "sancta" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs sanctus
How do you pronounce "sancta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sancta" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sancta" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rollos#70,735Rektum#70,724Reisig#70,723Schubs#70,781

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list