Uruguays
[ˈuːʁuɡvaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Uruguays” is uncommon German (frequency #62,950 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,950
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Uruguay
Corpus desk
Index DE-uruguays · Uruguays · German
Uruguays · rank #62,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,950
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH vaillant
Nearest frequency peer: vaillant (+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 „Uruguays“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unvermindert
unvermindert
37,054 corpus weight
- unwidersteh…
unwiderstehliche
37,053 corpus weight
- Uruguays
Uruguays
37,051 corpus weight
- vaillant
vaillant
37,050 corpus weight
- Validierung
Validierung
37,049 corpus weight
- Vanilleeis
Vanilleeis
37,048 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Uruguays“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uruguays |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːʁuɡvaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Uruguays“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Uruguays is uncommon German at frequency #62,950 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːʁuɡvaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Uruguay".
No misspelling variants are generated for Uruguays in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Uruguays, spelled U-R-U-G-U-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Uruguay
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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