urbs
The verdict
“urbs” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urbs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urbs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
urbs is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for urbs, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 urbs, spelled U-R-B-S.
Definition
- 1Stadt
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “urbs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-R-B-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.