Wallfahrtsort
[ˈvalfaːɐ̯t͡sˌʔɔʁt]
The verdict
“Wallfahrtsort” is uncommon German (frequency #60,238 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,238
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, der Ziel von Wallfahrten ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-wallfahrtsort · Wallfahrtsort · German
Wallfahrtsort · rank #60,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,238
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wallfahrten
Nearest frequency peer: Wallfahrten (-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 „Wallfahrtsort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Waffenbesitz
Waffenbesitz
39,767 corpus weight
- waits
waits
39,765 corpus weight
- Wallfahrten
Wallfahrten
39,764 corpus weight
- Wallfahrtso…
Wallfahrtsort
39,763 corpus weight
- Waschküche
Waschküche
39,761 corpus weight
- wechselvolle
wechselvolle
39,759 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wallfahrtsort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wallfahrtsort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvalfaːɐ̯t͡sˌʔɔʁt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wallfahrtsort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wallfahrtsort is uncommon German at frequency #60,238 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvalfaːɐ̯t͡sˌʔɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort, der Ziel von Wallfahrten ist".
Wallfahrtsort 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wallfahrtsort, spelled W-A-L-L-F-A-H-R-T-S-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Ort, der Ziel von Wallfahrten ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wallfahrtsort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fremde beeindruckt immer wieder die öffentliche Glaubensbekundung und Identifikationsfähigkeit der Eichsfelder mit ihren Kirchen und Wallfahrtsorten.“
Mekka und Jerusalem sind das ganze Jahr über Wallfahrtsorte und ziehen Millionen Pilger an.
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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