Wittstock

[ˈvɪtˌʃtɔk]

/[ˈvɪtˌʃtɔk]/ name

The verdict

“Wittstock” is uncommon German (frequency #69,906 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,906
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-wittstock · Wittstock · German

Wittstock · rank #69,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,906
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Winterhalbjahr

Nearest frequency peer: Winterhalbjahr (-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 „Wittstock“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wittstock“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wittstock
PropertyValue
HeadwordWittstock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈvɪtˌʃtɔk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,906
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wittstock“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Wittstockfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Winterhalbjahr“ (#69,905), „Wohnstätte“ (#69,907), „wimmern“ (#69,904). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wittstock“ bei #69,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wittstock is uncommon German at frequency #69,906 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɪtˌʃtɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wittstock, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 Wittstock, spelled W-I-T-T-S-T-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wittstock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wittstock liegt in Deutschlands Osten.
  2. „Der Wirkungsbereich von Feldwebel Bieselang – seit zwei Jahren verwitwet, Vater einer mannbaren, außerordentlich hübschen Tochter – lag 95 Kilometer nordwestlich von der Reichshauptstadt Berlin, nahe dem Ort Wittstock an der Dosse.“

Synonyms

Wittstock/Dosse

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wittstock"?
"Wittstock" is spelled W-I-T-T-S-T-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪtˌʃtɔk].
What does "Wittstock" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wittstock" means: eine Stadt in Brandenburg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Wittstock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wittstock" is [ˈvɪtˌʃtɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wittstock" come from?
"Wittstock" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wittstock", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list