Scarborough

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The verdict

“Scarborough” is uncommon German (frequency #93,527 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,527
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-scarborough · Scarborough · German

Scarborough · rank #93,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,527
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schafstall

Nearest frequency peer: Schafstall (+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 „Scarborough“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Scarborough
PropertyValue
HeadwordScarborough
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#93,527
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Scarborough“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Scarboroughfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schafstall“ (#93,528), „Schafzucht“ (#93,529), „Schaltjahr“ (#93,530). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Scarborough“ bei #93,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scarborough is uncommon German at frequency #93,527 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Scarborough, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Scarborough, spelled S-C-A-R-B-O-R-O-U-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Nordengland
  2. 2
    östlicher Stadtteil von Toronto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Zwischen Scarborough und Whitby gelegen, ragt der Ort aus der Ostküste Englands hervor wie ein kleiner Finger, der sich nach dem Kontinent streckt.“
  2. „Der ›Vergewaltiger von Scarborough‹ hatte zwischen Mai 1987 und Mai 1990 in besagtem Vorort von Toronto sein Unwesen getrieben.“

This word in other languages

Scarborough(English)

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 "Scarborough"?
"Scarborough" is spelled S-C-A-R-B-O-R-O-U-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Scarborough" mean?
As a proper noun, "Scarborough" means: Stadt in Nordengland
How do you pronounce "Scarborough"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scarborough" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scarborough" come from?
"Scarborough" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schilderten#93,538Schnellboot#93,550routinierte#93,503Reptiloiden#93,488

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list