Taschkent

[taʃˈkɛnt]

/[taʃˈkɛnt]/ name

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The verdict

“Taschkent” is uncommon German (frequency #85,920 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,920
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Usbekistan

Corpus desk

Index DE-taschkent · Taschkent · German

Taschkent · rank #85,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,920
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tarifkonflikt

Nearest frequency peer: Tarifkonflikt (-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 „Taschkent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Taschkent
PropertyValue
HeadwordTaschkent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[taʃˈkɛnt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Taschkent“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Taschkentfällt 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: „Tarifkonflikt“ (#85,919), „Tateinheit“ (#85,921), „talar“ (#85,918). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Taschkent“ bei #85,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Taschkent is uncommon German at frequency #85,920 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [taʃˈkɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Usbekistan".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Taschkent, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Taschkent, spelled T-A-S-C-H-K-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt von Usbekistan

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Berlin ist eine Partnerstadt Taschkents.
  2. „Die Leute daheim wollen schließlich keine Turbulenzen in Taschkent riskieren, sie wollen einfach nur Oberwasser behalten.“

This word in other languages

Tashkent(English)Tachkent(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 "Taschkent"?
"Taschkent" is spelled T-A-S-C-H-K-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [taʃˈkɛnt].
What does "Taschkent" mean?
As a proper noun, "Taschkent" means: Hauptstadt von Usbekistan
How do you pronounce "Taschkent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Taschkent" is [taʃˈkɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Taschkent" come from?
"Taschkent" 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 "Taschkent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Taufstein#85,922Südflügel#85,913temporale#85,927suggestiv#85,907

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list