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
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
| 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) |
Where “Charkow” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Charkow (IPA [ˈxaʁkɔf]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,040 among 20,081 “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
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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Using “Charkow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-A-R-K-O-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxaʁkɔf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.