Shikoku
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The verdict
“Shikoku” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinste der vier Hauptinseln Japans
Corpus desk
Index DE-shikoku · Shikoku · German
Shikoku · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shikoku |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Shikoku“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Shikoku is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleinste der vier Hauptinseln Japans".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Shikoku, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Shikoku, spelled S-H-I-K-O-K-U.
Definition
- 1kleinste der vier Hauptinseln Japans
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shikoku appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Shikoku ist in vier Präfekturen unterteilt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.