Göttingen

\ɡøtɪŋœn\

/\ɡøtɪŋœn\/ name

The verdict

“Göttingen” is uncommon French (frequency #77,578 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,578
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Basse-Saxe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gottingen · Göttingen · French

Göttingen · rank #77,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,578
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH génialissime

Nearest frequency peer: génialissime (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Göttingen »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Göttingen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Göttingen
PropertyValue
HeadwordGöttingen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡøtɪŋœn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Göttingen » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Göttingentombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « génialissime » (#77,577), « habibi » (#77,579), « Gustin » (#77,576). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Göttingen » est au #77,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Göttingen is uncommon French at frequency #77,578 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡøtɪŋœn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Basse-Saxe.".

Göttingen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Göttingen, spelled G-Ö-T-T-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Basse-Saxe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Göttingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jean de Müller est remplacé par le baron Justus Christoph Leist, professeur de droit à Göttingen, membre du Conseil d'État, et l’un des traducteurs du Code Napoléon.
  2. […], et je me rendis compte que même à Göttingen il pleuvait parfois, les gens pouvaient être maussades, la vie quotidienne ne consistait pas à déguster du Baumkuchen chez Cron & Lanz.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Göttingen"?
"Göttingen" is spelled G-Ö-T-T-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡøtɪŋœn\.
What does "Göttingen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Göttingen" means: Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Basse-Saxe.
How do you pronounce "Göttingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Göttingen" is \ɡøtɪŋœn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Göttingen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list