Charkow
[ˈxaʁkɔf]
The verdict
“Charkow” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,040
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 71 Kilometer langer Fluss, der in der russischen Oblast Belgorod entspringt und der in den heutigen Grenzen der ukrainischen Stadt Charkiw in den Lopan mündet
Corpus desk
Index DE-charkow · Charkow · German
Charkow · rank #48,040 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,040
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chamäleon
Nearest frequency peer: Chamäleon (-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 „Charkow“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bürgertums
Bürgertums
51,965 corpus weight
- celeste
celeste
51,964 corpus weight
- Chamäleon
Chamäleon
51,962 corpus weight
- Charkow
Charkow
51,961 corpus weight
- citizens
citizens
51,960 corpus weight
- cleveren
cleveren
51,957 corpus weight
What this shows „Charkow“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Charkow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈxaʁkɔf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Charkow“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Charkow (IPA [ˈxaʁkɔf]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,040 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "71 Kilometer langer Fluss, der in der russischen Oblast Belgorod entspringt und der in den heutigen Grenzen der ukrainischen Stadt Charkiw in den Lopan mündet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charkow, with forms such as "cahrkow", "ccharkow", and "chakrow". 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Charkow, spelled C-H-A-R-K-O-W.
Definition
- 171 Kilometer langer Fluss, der in der russischen Oblast Belgorod entspringt und der in den heutigen Grenzen der ukrainischen Stadt Charkiw in den Lopan mündet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Charkow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie berichtet, ist das Klärwerk der Metropole ausgefallen, woraufhin sich Abwässer in die Flüsse Lopan, Charkow und Uda ergossen.“
„Charkow, heute die zweite ukrainische Hauptstadt am Zusammenfluss von Charkow und Lopan, war 1654 als Festungsstadt an der damaligen Südgrenze des Reiches gegründet worden.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahrkow
- ccharkow
- chakrow
- charkkow
- charkoww
- charkwo
- charokw
- charrkow
- chharkow
- chrakow
- hcarkow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Charkow - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Charkow", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).