Winnipeg
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The verdict
“Winnipeg” is uncommon German (frequency #84,798 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,798
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der kanadischen Provinz Manitoba
Corpus desk
Index DE-winnipeg · Winnipeg · German
Winnipeg · rank #84,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,798
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wirbelstürme
Nearest frequency peer: Wirbelstürme (+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 „Winnipeg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wieczorek
Wieczorek
15,207 corpus weight
- Wildtier
Wildtier
15,206 corpus weight
- Winnipeg
Winnipeg
15,203 corpus weight
- Wirbelstürme
Wirbelstürme
15,201 corpus weight
- Wirrungen
Wirrungen
15,200 corpus weight
- wittere
wittere
15,199 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Winnipeg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Winnipeg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Winnipeg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Winnipeg is uncommon German at frequency #84,798 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der kanadischen Provinz Manitoba".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Winnipeg in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Winnipeg, spelled W-I-N-N-I-P-E-G.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der kanadischen Provinz Manitoba
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Winnipeg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Sollte ich mal in Winnipeg oder wo auch sonst vor Gericht stehen, verlasse ich mich gern auf Ihre juristische Erfahrung, aber hier draußen im Feindesland? Da hören Sie auf mich!‹“
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Winnipeg", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).