Chemnitz
/ˈkɛmnɪts/
"chemnitz" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chemnitz” is uncommon English (frequency #88,196 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,196
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An independent city in Saxony, Germany.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chemnitz · Chemnitz · English
Chemnitz · rank #88,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,196
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cheesing
Nearest frequency peer: cheesing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Chemnitz”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chappaqua
Chappaqua
11,809 corpus weight
- Chavan
Chavan
11,808 corpus weight
- cheesing
cheesing
11,806 corpus weight
- Chemnitz
Chemnitz
11,805 corpus weight
- Chesham
Chesham
11,804 corpus weight
- chicha
chicha
11,802 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Chemnitz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chemnitz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɛmnɪts/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Chemnitz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Chemnitz is uncommon English at frequency #88,196 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkɛmnɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An independent city in Saxony, Germany.".
Chemnitz has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Chemnitz. The correct English form is Chemnitz, spelled C-H-E-M-N-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1An independent city in Saxony, Germany.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Chemnitz.
Synonyms
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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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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