Speicherstadt
[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐˌʃtat]
The verdict
“Speicherstadt” is uncommon German (frequency #80,939 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,939
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weltgrößter, auf Eichenpfählen gegründeter Lagerhauskomplex in Hamburg, der seit 1991 unter Denkmalschutz steht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speicherstadt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐˌʃtat] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #80,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Speicherstadt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Speicherstadt is uncommon German at frequency #80,939 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐˌʃtat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weltgrößter, auf Eichenpfählen gegründeter Lagerhauskomplex in Hamburg, der seit 1991 unter Denkmalschutz steht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Speicherstadt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Speicherstadt, spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-S-T-A-D-T.
Definition
- 1weltgrößter, auf Eichenpfählen gegründeter Lagerhauskomplex in Hamburg, der seit 1991 unter Denkmalschutz steht
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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Using “Speicherstadt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-S-T-A-D-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐˌʃtat] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.