Damaskus
[daˈmaskʊs]
The verdict
“Damaskus” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,061
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt Syriens
Corpus desk
Index DE-damaskus · Damaskus · German
Damaskus · rank #15,061 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,061
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Curry
Nearest frequency peer: Curry (-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 “Damaskus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- core
core
84,942 corpus weight
- Curry
Curry
84,941 corpus weight
- Damaskus
Damaskus
84,940 corpus weight
- Deutung
Deutung
84,939 corpus weight
- dezent
dezent
84,938 corpus weight
- digitaler
digitaler
84,937 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Damaskus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Damaskus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [daˈmaskʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Damaskus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Damaskus (IPA [daˈmaskʊs]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,061 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hauptstadt Syriens".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Damaskus, with forms such as "admaskus", "daamskus", and "damaksus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Damaskus, spelled D-A-M-A-S-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt Syriens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Damaskus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Damaskus ist die Hauptstadt Syriens.
„In Damaskus und den meisten anderen Städten entstanden die muntadajat, private Diskussionsgruppen, die großen Zulauf hatten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- admaskus
- daamskus
- damaksus
- damaskkus
- damasksu
- damaskuss
- damasskus
- damasuks
- dammaskus
- damsakus
- ddamaskus
- dmaaskus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Damaskus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Damaskus", 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).
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.