Cuxhaven
[kʊksˈhaːfn̩]
The verdict
“Cuxhaven” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,212
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-cuxhaven · Cuxhaven · German
Cuxhaven · rank #20,212 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,212
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH crime
Nearest frequency peer: crime (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Cuxhaven”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cox
cox
79,792 corpus weight
- creek
creek
79,791 corpus weight
- crime
crime
79,790 corpus weight
- Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven
79,789 corpus weight
- derbe
derbe
79,788 corpus weight
- diene
diene
79,787 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Cuxhaven” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cuxhaven |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kʊksˈhaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Cuxhaven” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Cuxhaven (IPA [kʊksˈhaːfn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,212 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cuxhaven, with forms such as "ccuxhaven", "cuhxaven", and "cuxahven". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Cuxhaven, spelled C-U-X-H-A-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cuxhaven appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Partnerstadt von Cuxhaven ist die grönländische Hauptstadt Nuuk.
Das Wahrzeichen Cuxhavens ist die Kugelbake an der Elbmündung.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccuxhaven
- cuhxaven
- cuxahven
- cuxhaevn
- cuxhavenn
- cuxhavne
- cuxhavven
- cuxhhaven
- cuxhvaen
- cuxxhaven
- cxuhaven
- ucxhaven
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cuxhaven - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cuxhaven", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,212 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
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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.