Syrakus

[zyʁaˈkuːs]

/[zyʁaˈkuːs]/ name

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The verdict

“Syrakus” is uncommon German (frequency #55,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,753
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt an der Südostküste Siziliens

Corpus desk

Index DE-syrakus · Syrakus · German

Syrakus · rank #55,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,753
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH summieren

Nearest frequency peer: summieren (-2 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 „Syrakus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Syrakus
PropertyValue
HeadwordSyrakus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[zyʁaˈkuːs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Syrakus“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „summieren“ (#55,751), „süchtigen“ (#55,755), „suchend“ (#55,750). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Syrakus“ bei #55,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Syrakus is uncommon German at frequency #55,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zyʁaˈkuːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt an der Südostküste Siziliens".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Syrakus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Syrakus, spelled S-Y-R-A-K-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt an der Südostküste Siziliens

This word in other languages

Syracuse(English)Syracuse(Français)

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 "Syrakus"?
"Syrakus" is spelled S-Y-R-A-K-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [zyʁaˈkuːs].
What does "Syrakus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Syrakus" means: Hafenstadt an der Südostküste Siziliens
How do you pronounce "Syrakus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Syrakus" is [zyʁaˈkuːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Syrakus" come from?
"Syrakus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suchend#55,750sträubt#55,749stretch#55,748started#55,738

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list