Spoleto

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The verdict

“Spoleto” is uncommon German (frequency #88,317 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,317
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - italienische Stadt in der Region Umbrien

Corpus desk

Index DE-spoleto · Spoleto · German

Spoleto · rank #88,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,317
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH splitternackt

Nearest frequency peer: splitternackt (-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 „Spoleto“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spoleto
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpoleto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,317
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spoleto“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Spoletofällt 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: „splitternackt“ (#88,316), „Sportvorstand“ (#88,318), „Sprechzimmer“ (#88,319). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spoleto“ bei #88,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spoleto is uncommon German at frequency #88,317 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "italienische Stadt in der Region Umbrien".

No misspelling variants are generated for Spoleto in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spoleto, spelled S-P-O-L-E-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    italienische Stadt in der Region Umbrien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Buchen Sie ein Top-Hotel in Spoleto zum Spartarif.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spoleto"?
"Spoleto" is spelled S-P-O-L-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Spoleto" mean?
As a proper noun, "Spoleto" means: italienische Stadt in der Region Umbrien
How do you pronounce "Spoleto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spoleto" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spoleto" come from?
"Spoleto" 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 "Spoleto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list