Zeltstadt
[ˈt͡sɛltˌʃtat]
The verdict
“Zeltstadt” is uncommon German (frequency #88,560 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,560
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große Ansammlung von Zelten an einem Ort, die dort längerfristig stehen und Bewohnern als Heim dienen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeltstadt · Zeltstadt · German
Zeltstadt · rank #88,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,560
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zelluloid
Nearest frequency peer: Zelluloid (-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 „Zeltstadt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zauberwald
Zauberwald
11,444 corpus weight
- zeitgeschic…
zeitgeschichtliche
11,443 corpus weight
- Zelluloid
Zelluloid
11,442 corpus weight
- Zeltstadt
Zeltstadt
11,441 corpus weight
- zentralisie…
zentralisierte
11,440 corpus weight
- Zentralmatu…
Zentralmatura
11,439 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zeltstadt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeltstadt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛltˌʃtat] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeltstadt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zeltstadt is uncommon German at frequency #88,560 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛltˌʃtat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große Ansammlung von Zelten an einem Ort, die dort längerfristig stehen und Bewohnern als Heim dienen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zeltstadt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Zeltstadt, spelled Z-E-L-T-S-T-A-D-T.
Definition
- 1große Ansammlung von Zelten an einem Ort, die dort längerfristig stehen und Bewohnern als Heim dienen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeltstadt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mehr noch als die Kamele interessierte sie die Zeltstadt in der Nähe, und während zunächst keiner ihrer Bewohner zu sehen war, stand ganz plötzlich – als hätte der Wüstensand ihn freigegeben – ein kleiner Junge vor ihr.“
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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