Wuhan

[u̯uxan]

/[u̯uxan]/ name

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The verdict

“Wuhan” is uncommon German (frequency #78,774 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,774
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Hubei

Corpus desk

Index DE-wuhan · Wuhan · German

Wuhan · rank #78,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,774
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wolldecke

Nearest frequency peer: Wolldecke (-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 „Wuhan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wuhan
PropertyValue
HeadwordWuhan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[u̯uxan]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wuhan“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Wuhanfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wolldecke“ (#78,772), „Wohnstätten“ (#78,771), „Wärmebildkamera“ (#78,777). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wuhan“ bei #78,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wuhan is uncommon German at frequency #78,774 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [u̯uxan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Hubei".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wuhan, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Wuhan, spelled W-U-H-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Hubei

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die chinesische Metropole Wuhan zählte im Jahr 2018 über elf Millionen Einwohner.
  2. „Es ist Zeit, dass die Welt die Wahrheit über die Entstehung von Sars-CoV-2 in Wuhan erfährt.“

This word in other languages

Wuhan(English)Wuhan(Français)

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 "Wuhan"?
"Wuhan" is spelled W-U-H-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [u̯uxan].
What does "Wuhan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wuhan" means: Hauptstadt der chinesischen Provinz Hubei
How do you pronounce "Wuhan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wuhan" is [u̯uxan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wuhan" come from?
"Wuhan" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wanja#78,735abhob#78,825Abram#78,828Akron#78,841

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list