Arkansas

[aʁˈkanzas]

/[aʁˈkanzas]/ name

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The verdict

“Arkansas” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,952
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - US-Bundesstaat im Süden der USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-arkansas · Arkansas · German

Arkansas · rank #47,952 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,952
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aristokratie

Nearest frequency peer: Aristokratie (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Arkansas“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Arkansas“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Arkansas
PropertyValue
HeadwordArkansas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[aʁˈkanzas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,952
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Arkansas“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Arkansasliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Aristokratie“ (#47,951), „Arthrose“ (#47,953), „arischen“ (#47,950). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Arkansas“ bei #47,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Arkansas (IPA [aʁˈkanzas]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,952 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arkansas, with forms such as "akransas", "araknsas", and "arkanass". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Arkansas, spelled A-R-K-A-N-S-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    US-Bundesstaat im Süden der USA
  2. 2
    Nebenfluss des Mississippi, USA

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Hauptstadt von Arkansas ist Little Rock.
  2. „Jawohl, der Frühling kam, nachdem Tom Sawyer und ich unseren alten Neger Jim befreit hatten, der von Toms Onkel Silas in Arkansas fürs Ausreißen in Ketten gelegt worden war.“

Synonyms

Arkansas River

This word in other languages

Arkansas(English)Arkansas(Español)Arkansas(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akransas
  • araknsas
  • arkanass
  • arkannsas
  • arkansass
  • arkanssa
  • arkanssas
  • arkasnas
  • arkkansas
  • arknasas
  • arrkansas
  • rakansas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arkansas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

akransas2araknsas2arkanass2arkannsas1arkansass1arkanssa2arkanssas1arkasnas2
Edit distance from "Arkansas"

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

How do you spell "Arkansas"?
"Arkansas" is spelled A-R-K-A-N-S-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [aʁˈkanzas].
What does "Arkansas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Arkansas" means: US-Bundesstaat im Süden der USA
What are common misspellings of "Arkansas"?
Common misspellings include "akransas", "araknsas", "arkanass", "arkannsas", "arkansass". The correct spelling is "Arkansas".
How do you pronounce "Arkansas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arkansas" is [aʁˈkanzas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arkansas" come from?
"Arkansas" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Arthrose#47,953arischen#47,950Arabiens#47,948aufessen#47,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

aussitzen12 variantsBauchweh12 variantsBaugrund12 variantsabstatten12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list