Sudoku
[zuˈdoːku]
The verdict
“Sudoku” is uncommon German (frequency #58,341 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,341
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein japanisches Zahlenrätsel, Zahlenpuzzle
Corpus desk
Index DE-sudoku · Sudoku · German
Sudoku · rank #58,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,341
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Subventionier…
Nearest frequency peer: Subventionierung (-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 „Sudoku“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sturzes
Sturzes
41,665 corpus weight
- stöhnte
stöhnte
41,664 corpus weight
- Stöhr
Stöhr
41,663 corpus weight
- Subventioni…
Subventionierung
41,661 corpus weight
- Sudoku
Sudoku
41,660 corpus weight
- süchtige
süchtige
41,657 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sudoku“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sudoku |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zuˈdoːku] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sudoku“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sudoku is uncommon German at frequency #58,341 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zuˈdoːku]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein japanisches Zahlenrätsel, Zahlenpuzzle".
No misspelling variants are generated for Sudoku in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sudoku, spelled S-U-D-O-K-U.
Definition
- 1ein japanisches Zahlenrätsel, Zahlenpuzzle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sudoku appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ziel des Sudoku ist, in jeder Zeile und jeder Spalte die Ziffern von Eins bis Neun unterzubringen, ohne dass eine Ziffer mehrmals pro Zeile oder Spalte vorkommt.
„Sie löst gerade ein Sudoku, hat aber Probleme mit ihrem Kuli.“
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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