Cottbus
/ˈkɑtbʌs/
"cottbus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cottbus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An independent city in Brandenburg, Germany.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cottbus · Cottbus · English
Cottbus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cottbus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑtbʌs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cottbus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cottbus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkɑtbʌs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An independent city in Brandenburg, Germany.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cottbus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Cottbus, spelled C-O-T-T-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1An independent city in Brandenburg, Germany.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.