Susa
[zuːza]
The verdict
“Susa” is uncommon German (frequency #79,801 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,801
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana
Corpus desk
Index DE-susa · Susa · German
Susa · rank #79,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,801
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH survive
Nearest frequency peer: survive (-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 „Susa“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- survive
survive
20,201 corpus weight
- Susa
Susa
20,200 corpus weight
- Sutra
Sutra
20,199 corpus weight
- Swami
Swami
20,197 corpus weight
- swaps
swaps
20,196 corpus weight
- Symphonieor…
Symphonieorchester
20,195 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Susa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Susa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zuːza] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Susa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Susa is uncommon German at frequency #79,801 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zuːza]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana".
Zero misspellings are on record for Susa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Susa, spelled S-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Susa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
331 v. Chr. wurde Susa von Alexander dem Großen erobert.
Susa ist heute eine persische Ruinenstätte.
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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