urbaner

[ʊʁˈbaːnɐ]

/[ʊʁˈbaːnɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“urbaner” is uncommon German (frequency #60,194 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,194
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban

Corpus desk

Index DE-urbaner · urbaner · German

urbaner · rank #60,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,194
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Urlaubern

Nearest frequency peer: Urlaubern (+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 „urbaner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for urbaner
PropertyValue
Headwordurbaner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʊʁˈbaːnɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,194
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „urbaner“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.urbanerfällt 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: „Urlaubern“ (#60,195), „unzähliger“ (#60,192), „vault“ (#60,196). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „urbaner“ bei #60,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urbaner is uncommon German at frequency #60,194 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʊʁˈbaːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for urbaner, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is urbaner, spelled U-R-B-A-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban

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 "urbaner"?
"urbaner" is spelled U-R-B-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊʁˈbaːnɐ].
What does "urbaner" mean?
As an adjective, "urbaner" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs urban
How do you pronounce "urbaner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urbaner" is [ʊʁˈbaːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urbaner" come from?
"urbaner" 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 "urbaner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

umzieht#60,175Werners#60,252Tatorte#60,135willigt#60,259

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list