Magdebourg
\maɡ.də.buʁ\
The verdict
“Magdebourg” is uncommon French (frequency #52,182 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,182
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Allemagne, capitale de la Saxe-Anhalt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-magdebourg · Magdebourg · French
Magdebourg · rank #52,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,182
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH madness
Nearest frequency peer: madness (-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 « Magdebourg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Maalouf
Maalouf
47,823 corpus weight
- mace
mace
47,822 corpus weight
- madness
madness
47,820 corpus weight
- Magdebourg
Magdebourg
47,819 corpus weight
- magi
magi
47,818 corpus weight
- maintenons
maintenons
47,817 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Magdebourg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magdebourg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \maɡ.də.buʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Magdebourg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Magdebourg is uncommon French at frequency #52,182 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \maɡ.də.buʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Magdebourg has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Magdebourg, spelled M-A-G-D-E-B-O-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Ville d’Allemagne, capitale de la Saxe-Anhalt.
- 2Ville d’Allemagne, capitale de la Saxe-Anhalt.
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.
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