Sussex

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The verdict

“Sussex” is uncommon German (frequency #64,758 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,758
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - traditionelle Grafschaft im Süden Englands

Corpus desk

Index DE-sussex · Sussex · German

Sussex · rank #64,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,758
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sympathisiert

Nearest frequency peer: sympathisiert (+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 „Sussex“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sussex“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sussex
PropertyValue
HeadwordSussex
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sussex“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Sussexfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sympathisiert“ (#64,759), „Symposien“ (#64,760), „sunnitische“ (#64,755). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sussex“ bei #64,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sussex is uncommon German at frequency #64,758 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "traditionelle Grafschaft im Süden Englands".

Sussex doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Sussex, spelled S-U-S-S-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    traditionelle Grafschaft im Süden Englands

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Sussex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Forscher des Museums und der University of Oxford hatten damals ein Fossil als trickreiche Fälschung entlarvt, das zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts im kleinen Weiler Piltdown in Sussex ausgegraben worden war.“

This word in other languages

Sussex(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sussex"?
"Sussex" is spelled S-U-S-S-E-X. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Sussex" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sussex" means: traditionelle Grafschaft im Süden Englands
How do you pronounce "Sussex"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sussex" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sussex" come from?
"Sussex" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sussex", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strada#64,745Stolle#64,743Stiele#64,739trying#64,791

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list