Urania
[uˈʁaːni̯a]
The verdict
“Urania” is uncommon German (frequency #54,981 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,981
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der neun Musen, die Muse der Astronomie
Corpus desk
Index DE-urania · Urania · German
Urania · rank #54,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,981
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unwidersproch…
Nearest frequency peer: unwidersprochen (-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 „Urania“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unterwandern
unterwandern
45,024 corpus weight
- unwiderspro…
unwidersprochen
45,021 corpus weight
- Urania
Urania
45,020 corpus weight
- Uranus
Uranus
45,019 corpus weight
- Urlaubstag
Urlaubstag
45,018 corpus weight
- usher
usher
45,017 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Urania“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Urania |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [uˈʁaːni̯a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Urania“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Urania is uncommon German at frequency #54,981 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [uˈʁaːni̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der neun Musen, die Muse der Astronomie".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Urania, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Urania, spelled U-R-A-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1eine der neun Musen, die Muse der Astronomie
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Urania appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Urania, die Muse der Astronomie, wird gerne mit einer Himmelskugel dargestellt.
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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