Stonehenge
[ˈstɔʊ̯nhɛnt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Stonehenge” is uncommon German (frequency #67,744 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,744
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
| 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) |
Where “Stonehenge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stonehenge is uncommon German at frequency #67,744 among 107,600 “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
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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 “Stonehenge”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-T-O-N-E-H-E-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈstɔʊ̯nhɛnt͡ʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.