Deutschland

/[ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌlant]/ name

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#136

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Deutschland is aGermanname. It means: gängiger Name eines im Westen Mitteleuropas liegenden Landes und amtliche Kurzform (Staatsbezeichnung) der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Pronounced [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌlant]. It ranks #136 in German word frequency. Often confused with Deutschlands.

Key facts for Deutschland
PropertyValue
HeadwordDeutschland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌlant]
Letters11
Frequency rank#136
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Deutschland is 11 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌlant]. Corpus data places it at rank #136 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for Deutschland, with forms such as "ddeutschland", "detuschland", and "deustchland". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Deutschlands", 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 Deutschland, spelled D-E-U-T-S-C-H-L-A-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gängiger Name eines im Westen Mitteleuropas liegenden Landes und amtliche Kurzform (Staatsbezeichnung) der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  2. 2
    Bezeichnung für alle Angehörigen des deutschen Volkes und seiner Regierung
  3. 3
    Bezeichnung für die beiden deutschen Staaten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeutschland,detuschland,deustchland,deutcshland,deutscchland,deutschalnd,deutschhland,deutschladn,deutschlandd,deutschlannd,deutschlland,deutschlnad,deutsclhand,deutshcland,deutsschland,deuttschland,duetschland,edutschland

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Deutschland

Misspelling Variants of "Deutschland"

ddeutschland12detuschland11deustchland11deutcshland11deutscchland12deutschalnd11deutschhland12deutschladn11
Misspelling Variants of "Deutschland"

Frequency rank: #136 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Deutschland"?
"Deutschland" is spelled D-E-U-T-S-C-H-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌlant].
What does "Deutschland" mean?
As a name, "Deutschland" means: gängiger Name eines im Westen Mitteleuropas liegenden Landes und amtliche Kurzform (Staatsbezeichnung) der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Deutschland"?
"Deutschland" is commonly confused with "Deutschlands". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Deutschland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Deutschland" is [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌlant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Deutschland" come from?
"Deutschland" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.