Afrikaner
[afʁiˈkaːnɐ]
The verdict
“Afrikaner” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,436 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,436
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bewohner des afrikanischen Kontinents
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Afrikaner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [afʁiˈkaːnɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Afrikaner” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Afrikaner is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [afʁiˈkaːnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,436 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bewohner des afrikanischen Kontinents".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Afrikaner, with forms such as "affrikaner", "afirkaner", and "afriakner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Amerikaner", "Afrikanern", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Afrikaner, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bewohner des afrikanischen Kontinents
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: affrikaner,afirkaner,afriakner,afrikaenr,afrikanerr,afrikanner,afrikanre,afrikkaner,afriknaer,afrkianer,afrrikaner,arfikaner,farikaner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Afrikaner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Using “Afrikaner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-F-R-I-K-A-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [afʁiˈkaːnɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Amerikaner” - see the side-by-side comparison. Afrikaner vs Amerikaner
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.