Wimpfen
[ˈvɪmp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“Wimpfen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,555 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,555
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-wimpfen · Wimpfen · German
Wimpfen · rank #77,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,555
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Wildschweinen
Nearest frequency peer: Wildschweinen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wimpfen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wildau
Wildau
22,449 corpus weight
- Wildberg
Wildberg
22,448 corpus weight
- Wildschwein…
Wildschweinen
22,447 corpus weight
- Wimpfen
Wimpfen
22,446 corpus weight
- Wintersport…
Wintersportler
22,444 corpus weight
- wirbellosen
wirbellosen
22,443 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wimpfen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wimpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪmp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wimpfen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wimpfen is uncommon German at frequency #77,555 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɪmp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wimpfen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Wimpfen, spelled W-I-M-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wimpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.