Württemberg
/ˈwɜɹ.təmˌbɜɹɡ/
"wurttemberg" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Württemberg” is uncommon English (frequency #72,038 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,038
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wurttemberg · Württemberg · English
Württemberg · rank #72,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,038
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH writhe
Nearest frequency peer: writhe (-2 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 “Württemberg”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- woos
woos
27,967 corpus weight
- wordsmith
wordsmith
27,966 corpus weight
- writhe
writhe
27,965 corpus weight
- Württemberg
Württemberg
27,963 corpus weight
- Yamauchi
Yamauchi
27,960 corpus weight
- Yomi
Yomi
27,957 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Württemberg” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Württemberg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɜɹ.təmˌbɜɹɡ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Württemberg” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Württemberg is uncommon English at frequency #72,038 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈwɜɹ.təmˌbɜɹɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia.".
Württemberg has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Württemberg. The correct English form is Württemberg, spelled W-Ü-R-T-T-E-M-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1A cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Württemberg.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Württemberg", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).