Diwan
[ˈdiːvaːn]
The verdict
“Diwan” is an uncommon German word, ranked #88,816 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #88,816
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Register von Schriftstücken staatlicher oder wirtschaftlicher Art in der islamischen Verwaltung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diwan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːvaːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Diwan” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Diwan is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdiːvaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,816 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Diwan, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Diwan, spelled D-I-W-A-N.
Definition
- 1Register von Schriftstücken staatlicher oder wirtschaftlicher Art in der islamischen Verwaltung
- 2kann für Ratsversammlung, Kanzlei, Gerichtshof, Empfangsraum des Herrschers stehen oder auch in der osmanischen Türkei den Staatsrat meinen
- 3die zur Einrichtung der betreffenden Räume gehörenden niedrigen Polsterbänke an der Wand
This word in other languages
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 “Diwan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-W-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdiːvaːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.