UCLA
[juːsiːʔɛlˈʔɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“UCLA” is uncommon German (frequency #81,050 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,050
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Campus der University of California in Los Angeles
Corpus desk
Index DE-ucla · UCLA · German
UCLA · rank #81,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,050
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH törichten
Nearest frequency peer: törichten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “UCLA”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- twisted
twisted
18,955 corpus weight
- tätlichen
tätlichen
18,954 corpus weight
- Tölpel
Tölpel
18,953 corpus weight
- törichten
törichten
18,952 corpus weight
- UCLA
UCLA
18,951 corpus weight
- Ulme
Ulme
18,948 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “UCLA” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | UCLA |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [juːsiːʔɛlˈʔɛɪ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “UCLA” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
UCLA is uncommon German at frequency #81,050 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [juːsiːʔɛlˈʔɛɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Campus der University of California in Los Angeles".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for UCLA, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is UCLA, spelled U-C-L-A.
Definition
- 1Campus der University of California in Los Angeles
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.