Christian
[ˈkʁɪsti̯an]
The verdict
“Christian” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,153
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-christian · Christian · German
Christian · rank #1,153 · 13 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,153
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Auswahl
Nearest frequency peer: Auswahl (-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 „Christian“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- absolut
absolut
98,851 corpus weight
- arbeitet
arbeitet
98,850 corpus weight
- Auswahl
Auswahl
98,849 corpus weight
- Christian
Christian
98,848 corpus weight
- derzeit
derzeit
98,847 corpus weight
- dritte
dritte
98,846 corpus weight
What this shows „Christian“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Christian |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɪsti̯an] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Christian“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Christian (IPA [ˈkʁɪsti̯an]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,153 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Christian, with forms such as "cchristian", "chhristian", and "chirstian". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Christin", "Christine", "Christina", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Christian, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Christian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Christian ist Bauingenieur, doch sein Traumberuf ist Holzfäller in Alaska.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchristian
- chhristian
- chirstian
- chrisitan
- chrisstian
- christain
- christiann
- christtian
- chritsian
- chrristian
- chrsitian
- crhistian
- hcristian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Christian - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Christian", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).