Wittingen
[ˈvɪtɪŋən]
The verdict
“Wittingen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,147 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,147
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-wittingen · Wittingen · German
Wittingen · rank #95,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,147
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Wohltätigkeit…
Nearest frequency peer: Wohltätigkeitsorganisation (+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 “Wittingen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wirbelten
wirbelten
4,859 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftsministers
4,857 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftszweigen
4,856 corpus weight
- Wittingen
Wittingen
4,854 corpus weight
- Wohltätigke…
Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
4,853 corpus weight
- Wohnheimen
Wohnheimen
4,851 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wittingen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wittingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪtɪŋən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wittingen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wittingen is uncommon German at frequency #95,147 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɪtɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wittingen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Wittingen, spelled W-I-T-T-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
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 "Wittingen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.