Chesapeake Bay
[ˈt͡ʃɛsəpiːkˌbɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“Chesapeake Bay” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zum Atlantik verlaufende Bucht in den USA
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chesapeake Bay |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃɛsəpiːkˌbɛɪ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chesapeake Bay” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Chesapeake Bay is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃɛsəpiːkˌbɛɪ̯]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zum Atlantik verlaufende Bucht in den USA".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Chesapeake Bay, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Chesapeake Bay, spelled C-H-E-S-A-P-E-A-K-E- -B-A-Y.
Definition
- 1zum Atlantik verlaufende Bucht in den USA
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Chesapeake Bay”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-E-S-A-P-E-A-K-E- -B-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃɛsəpiːkˌbɛɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.