Westerburg
[ˈvɛstɐˌbʊʁk]
The verdict
“Westerburg” is uncommon German (frequency #63,013 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,013
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-westerburg · Westerburg · German
Westerburg · rank #63,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,013
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH WGs
Nearest frequency peer: WGs (+2 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 „Westerburg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- weitergekom…
weitergekommen
36,993 corpus weight
- weitete
weitete
36,992 corpus weight
- weitverbrei…
weitverbreitete
36,991 corpus weight
- Westerburg
Westerburg
36,988 corpus weight
- WGs
WGs
36,986 corpus weight
- wiederholtes
wiederholtes
36,984 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Westerburg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Westerburg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛstɐˌbʊʁk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Westerburg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Westerburg is uncommon German at frequency #63,013 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɛstɐˌbʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Westerburg, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Westerburg, spelled W-E-S-T-E-R-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Westerburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Westerburg liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.
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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