Stadtbefestigung
[ˈʃtatbəˌfɛstɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Stadtbefestigung” is uncommon German (frequency #97,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,739
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (meist historisches) Bauwerk oder System von Bauwerken, das eine Stadt insbesondere vor dem Eindringen von Feinden schützt
Corpus desk
Index DE-stadtbefestigung · Stadtbefestigung · German
Stadtbefestigung · rank #97,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,739
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stacks
Nearest frequency peer: stacks (-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 „Stadtbefestigung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- SSSR
SSSR
2,266 corpus weight
- Staatsanwal…
Staatsanwaltes
2,265 corpus weight
- stacks
stacks
2,263 corpus weight
- Stadtbefest…
Stadtbefestigung
2,262 corpus weight
- Stadtbusse
Stadtbusse
2,261 corpus weight
- Stadtratssi…
Stadtratssitzung
2,258 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stadtbefestigung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stadtbefestigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtatbəˌfɛstɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #97,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stadtbefestigung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stadtbefestigung is uncommon German at frequency #97,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtatbəˌfɛstɪɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(meist historisches) Bauwerk oder System von Bauwerken, das eine Stadt insbesondere vor dem Eindringen von Feinden schützt".
Stadtbefestigung has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Stadtbefestigung, spelled S-T-A-D-T-B-E-F-E-S-T-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1(meist historisches) Bauwerk oder System von Bauwerken, das eine Stadt insbesondere vor dem Eindringen von Feinden schützt
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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