Valladolid

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The verdict

“Valladolid” is uncommon German (frequency #85,987 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,987
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Nordspanien

Corpus desk

Index DE-valladolid · Valladolid · German

Valladolid · rank #85,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,987
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaginale

Nearest frequency peer: vaginale (-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 „Valladolid“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Valladolid
PropertyValue
HeadwordValladolid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,987
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Valladolid“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Valladolidfällt 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: „vaginale“ (#85,986), „vegetarischer“ (#85,989), „venezolanische“ (#85,990). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Valladolid“ bei #85,987. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Valladolid is uncommon German at frequency #85,987 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Nordspanien".

Valladolid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 Valladolid, spelled V-A-L-L-A-D-O-L-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Nordspanien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der Disput wurde im August 1550 in Valladolid vor einer Jury aus hochrangigen Juristen abgehalten, die zu keinem abschließenden Urteil kamen.“
  2. „In der berühmten Disputation von Valladolid (1550-1551) versuchte Las Casas, im Streitgespräch mit dem Rechtsgelehrten Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda die Krone zu überzeugen, dass die indigene Bevölkerung besser behandelt werden müsste.“

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 "Valladolid"?
"Valladolid" is spelled V-A-L-L-A-D-O-L-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Valladolid" mean?
As a proper noun, "Valladolid" means: Stadt in Nordspanien
How do you pronounce "Valladolid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Valladolid" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list