Stonehenge
[ˈstɔʊ̯nhɛnt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Stonehenge” is uncommon German (frequency #67,744 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,744
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jungsteinzeitliches Bauwerk in England, das aus einem ringförmigen Erdwall besteht, in dessen Innerem mehrere große, bearbeitete Steine stehen und das mutmaßlich als Kultstätte diente
Corpus desk
Index DE-stonehenge · Stonehenge · German
Stonehenge · rank #67,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,744
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stollberg
Nearest frequency peer: Stollberg (-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 „Stonehenge“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stemmte
stemmte
32,263 corpus weight
- ster
ster
32,262 corpus weight
- Stollberg
Stollberg
32,258 corpus weight
- Stonehenge
Stonehenge
32,257 corpus weight
- stops
stops
32,256 corpus weight
- straucheln
straucheln
32,253 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stonehenge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stonehenge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈstɔʊ̯nhɛnt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stonehenge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stonehenge is uncommon German at frequency #67,744 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈstɔʊ̯nhɛnt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jungsteinzeitliches Bauwerk in England, das aus einem ringförmigen Erdwall besteht, in dessen Innerem mehrere große, bearbeitete Steine stehen und das mutmaßlich als Kultstätte diente".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stonehenge, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Stonehenge, spelled S-T-O-N-E-H-E-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1jungsteinzeitliches Bauwerk in England, das aus einem ringförmigen Erdwall besteht, in dessen Innerem mehrere große, bearbeitete Steine stehen und das mutmaßlich als Kultstätte diente
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stonehenge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einst, so besagte die Legende, stand er in dem unheimlichen Monolithenkreis von Stonehenge, doch dann wurden seine Verehrer von den Pfeilen und Bogen der Pikten wie die Spreu im Wind in alle Richtungen verstreut.“
„So rätselhaft wie die Ursprünge von Stonehenge bleibt, wo sie solche Teile mit den Mustern jener längst vergangenen Zeit überhaupt auftreibt, noch dazu in ihrer Größe.“
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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