Simferopol

[sɪmfəˈʁoːpɔl]

/[sɪmfəˈʁoːpɔl]/ name

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The verdict

“Simferopol” is uncommon German (frequency #96,261 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,261
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der Krim

Corpus desk

Index DE-simferopol · Simferopol · German

Simferopol · rank #96,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,261
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH silbergrau

Nearest frequency peer: silbergrau (-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 „Simferopol“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Simferopol
PropertyValue
HeadwordSimferopol
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[sɪmfəˈʁoːpɔl]
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,261
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Simferopol“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Simferopolfällt 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: „silbergrau“ (#96,260), „Siegerinnen“ (#96,259), „Sinnkrise“ (#96,263). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Simferopol“ bei #96,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Simferopol is uncommon German at frequency #96,261 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [sɪmfəˈʁoːpɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der Krim".

Zero misspellings are on record for Simferopol in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Simferopol, spelled S-I-M-F-E-R-O-P-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt der Krim

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Erschießungen erstreckten sich über mehrere Tage und standen unter der Leitung des SK 11 b. Als erste wurden die Krimtschaken Simferopols am 9. Dezember ermordet.“

This word in other languages

Simferopol(English)Simferopol(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 "Simferopol"?
"Simferopol" is spelled S-I-M-F-E-R-O-P-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [sɪmfəˈʁoːpɔl].
What does "Simferopol" mean?
As a proper noun, "Simferopol" means: Hauptstadt der Krim
How do you pronounce "Simferopol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Simferopol" is [sɪmfəˈʁoːpɔl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

silbergrau#96,260sichtbarem#96,255semitische#96,246seelenlose#96,240

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list