Wakefield

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The verdict

“Wakefield” is uncommon German (frequency #75,228 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,228
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-wakefield · Wakefield · German

Wakefield · rank #75,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,228
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wahlbenachric…

Nearest frequency peer: Wahlbenachrichtigung (-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 „Wakefield“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wakefield
PropertyValue
HeadwordWakefield
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,228
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wakefield“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Wakefieldfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wahlbenachrichtigung“ (#75,227), „Waldorfschulen“ (#75,229), „wackelte“ (#75,226). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wakefield“ bei #75,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wakefield is uncommon German at frequency #75,228 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Nordengland".

Zero misspellings are on record for Wakefield in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Wakefield, spelled W-A-K-E-F-I-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Nordengland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Man schickte ihn ins HMPS-Gefängnis Wakefield, den härtesten Knast Englands.“

This word in other languages

Wakefield(English)

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 "Wakefield"?
"Wakefield" is spelled W-A-K-E-F-I-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Wakefield" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wakefield" means: Stadt in Nordengland
How do you pronounce "Wakefield"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wakefield" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wakefield" come from?
"Wakefield" 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 "Wakefield", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Väterchen#75,222Weibchens#75,238Werbefilm#75,244verwahrte#75,199

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list