Ypern
[ˈyːpɐn]
The verdict
“Ypern” is uncommon German (frequency #86,076 among 897 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,076
- frequency rank, German
- 897
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - belgische Stadt in Westflandern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ypern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːpɐn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ypern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ypern is uncommon German at frequency #86,076 among 897 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈyːpɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "belgische Stadt in Westflandern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ypern, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ypern, spelled Y-P-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1belgische Stadt in Westflandern
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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Using “Ypern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Y-P-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.