Ypern

[ˈyːpɐn]

/[ˈyːpɐn]/ name

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The verdict

“Ypern” is uncommon German (frequency #86,076 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,076
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - belgische Stadt in Westflandern

Corpus desk

Index DE-ypern · Ypern · German

Ypern · rank #86,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,076
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH wäret

Nearest frequency peer: wäret (-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 „Ypern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ypern
PropertyValue
HeadwordYpern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈyːpɐn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ypern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ypernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wäret“ (#86,075), „Wächtern“ (#86,074), „Wunderheiler“ (#86,072). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „Ypern“ bei #86,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ypern is uncommon German at frequency #86,076 among 67 “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

  1. 1
    belgische Stadt in Westflandern

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Schließlich brachten sie am 22. April 1915 bei Ypern (Belgien) zum ersten Mal das tödliche Chlorgas zum Einsatz.“

This word in other languages

Ypres(English)Ypres(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 "Ypern"?
"Ypern" is spelled Y-P-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːpɐn].
What does "Ypern" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ypern" means: belgische Stadt in Westflandern
How do you pronounce "Ypern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ypern" is [ˈyːpɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ypern" come from?
"Ypern" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

wäret#86,075Zauns#86,080Welse#86,049Äxten#86,108

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list