Uranus

[ˈuːʁanʊs]

/[ˈuːʁanʊs]/ name

The verdict

“Uranus” is uncommon German (frequency #54,982 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,982
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - siebter und drittgrößter Planet unseres Sonnensystems

Corpus desk

Index DE-uranus · Uranus · German

Uranus · rank #54,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,982
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Urania

Nearest frequency peer: Urania (-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 „Uranus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Uranus
PropertyValue
HeadwordUranus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈuːʁanʊs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,982
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Uranus“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Urania“ (#54,981), „Urlaubstag“ (#54,983), „unwidersprochen“ (#54,980). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Uranus“ bei #54,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Uranus is uncommon German at frequency #54,982 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈuːʁanʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Uranus has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Uranus, spelled U-R-A-N-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    siebter und drittgrößter Planet unseres Sonnensystems
  2. 2
    griechisch-römischer Gott des Himmels, Vater von Saturn

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Uranus besitzt eine Achsenneigung von beinahe 90°.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Uranus"?
"Uranus" is spelled U-R-A-N-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuːʁanʊs].
What does "Uranus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Uranus" means: siebter und drittgrößter Planet unseres Sonnensystems
How do you pronounce "Uranus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Uranus" is [ˈuːʁanʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Uranus" come from?
"Uranus" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list