Sudetenland
/suˈdeɪ̯tənˌlænd/
"sudetenland" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sudetenland” is uncommon English (frequency #80,014 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,014
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The northern, southern, and western border areas of former Czechoslovakia, which (until 1945) were inhabited mainly by German-speakers
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sudetenland |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /suˈdeɪ̯tənˌlænd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sudetenland” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sudetenland is uncommon English at frequency #80,014 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /suˈdeɪ̯tənˌlænd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The northern, southern, and western border areas of former Czechoslovakia, which (until 1945) were inhabited mainly by German-speakers".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sudetenland, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Sudetenland, named after the Sudeten mountain range, but encompassing a far greater area. The correct English form is Sudetenland, spelled S-U-D-E-T-E-N-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1The northern, southern, and western border areas of former Czechoslovakia, which (until 1945) were inhabited mainly by German-speakers
Etymology
Borrowed from German Sudetenland, named after the Sudeten mountain range, but encompassing a far greater area.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Sudetenland”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-D-E-T-E-N-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /suˈdeɪ̯tənˌlænd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.