Wermelskirchen
[ˈvɛʁml̩sˌkɪʁçn̩]
The verdict
“Wermelskirchen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,199 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,199
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-wermelskirchen · Wermelskirchen · German
Wermelskirchen · rank #50,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,199
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wertschätzen
Nearest frequency peer: wertschätzen (+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 „Wermelskirchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- wehrten
wehrten
49,807 corpus weight
- weltfremd
weltfremd
49,805 corpus weight
- Wermelskirc…
Wermelskirchen
49,802 corpus weight
- wertschätzen
wertschätzen
49,801 corpus weight
- Wildtieren
Wildtieren
49,799 corpus weight
- wintern
wintern
49,798 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wermelskirchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wermelskirchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛʁml̩sˌkɪʁçn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #50,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wermelskirchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wermelskirchen is uncommon German at frequency #50,199 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɛʁml̩sˌkɪʁçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Wermelskirchen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Wermelskirchen, spelled W-E-R-M-E-L-S-K-I-R-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wermelskirchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wermelskirchen liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
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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