Christina

/[kʁɪsˈtiːna]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,888

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Christina is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [kʁɪsˈtiːna]. It ranks #7,888 in German word frequency. Often confused with Christine and Christkind.

Key facts for Christina
PropertyValue
HeadwordChristina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[kʁɪsˈtiːna]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,888
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Christina in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Christina is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁɪsˈtiːna]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,888 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Christina, with forms such as "cchristina", "chhristina", and "chirstina". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Christine", "Christkind", "Christi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Christina, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchristina,chhristina,chirstina,chrisitna,chrisstina,christinna,christnia,christtina,chritsina,chrristina,chrsitina,crhistina,hcristina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Christina

Misspelling Variants of "Christina"

cchristina10chhristina10chirstina9chrisitna9chrisstina10christinna10christnia9christtina10
Misspelling Variants of "Christina"

Frequency rank: #7,888 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Christina"?
"Christina" is spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁɪsˈtiːna].
What does "Christina" mean?
As a name, "Christina" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Christina"?
"Christina" is commonly confused with "Christine", "Christkind", "Christi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Christina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Christina" is [kʁɪsˈtiːna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Christina" come from?
"Christina" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.