Somerset
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The verdict
“Somerset” is uncommon German (frequency #53,249 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,249
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafschaft im Südwesten Englands
Corpus desk
Index DE-somerset · Somerset · German
Somerset · rank #53,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,249
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH somebody
Nearest frequency peer: somebody (-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 „Somerset“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- siezen
siezen
46,757 corpus weight
- singers
singers
46,756 corpus weight
- Skalen
Skalen
46,754 corpus weight
- somebody
somebody
46,753 corpus weight
- Somerset
Somerset
46,752 corpus weight
- sorgfältigen
sorgfältigen
46,750 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Somerset“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Somerset |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Somerset“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Somerset is uncommon German at frequency #53,249 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grafschaft im Südwesten Englands".
No misspelling variants are generated for Somerset in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Somerset, spelled S-O-M-E-R-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1Grafschaft im Südwesten Englands
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Somerset appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zu jener Zeit hatten meine Vorfahren unter der Herrschaft Heinrichs VIII. als wohlhabende Landbesitzer und Männer von Stand in Somerset und Devon gelebt.“
„1860 fuhr Inspector Jonathan Whicher vom Scotland Yard in den kleinen Ort Frome in Somerset, um wegen des Mordes an einem Baby namens Francis Kent aus einer prominenten Familie der Gegend zu ermitteln.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).