Columbus
[kəˈlʌmbəs]
The verdict
“Columbus” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,498
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaates Ohio
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 | Columbus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kəˈlʌmbəs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Columbus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Columbus (IPA [kəˈlʌmbəs]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,498 among 20,081 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaates Ohio".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Columbus, with forms such as "ccolumbus", "cloumbus", and "collumbus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Columbia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Columbus, spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt des US-Bundesstaates Ohio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolumbus
- cloumbus
- collumbus
- colmubus
- colubmus
- columbbus
- columbsu
- columbuss
- colummbus
- columubs
- coulmbus
- oclumbus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Columbus - 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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Using “Columbus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-L-U-M-B-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kəˈlʌmbəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Columbia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Columbus vs Columbia
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.