Dortmund
[ˈdɔʁtmʊnt]
The verdict
“Dortmund” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,763
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt im Ruhrgebiet im westfälischen Landesteil Nordrhein-Westfalens, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-dortmund · Dortmund · German
Dortmund · rank #1,763 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,763
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH davor
Nearest frequency peer: davor (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Dortmund“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- besonderen
besonderen
98,241 corpus weight
- dauert
dauert
98,240 corpus weight
- davor
davor
98,239 corpus weight
- Dortmund
Dortmund
98,238 corpus weight
- eigenes
eigenes
98,237 corpus weight
- einzigen
einzigen
98,236 corpus weight
What this shows „Dortmund“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Dortmund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔʁtmʊnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Dortmund“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Dortmund (IPA [ˈdɔʁtmʊnt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,763 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Großstadt im Ruhrgebiet im westfälischen Landesteil Nordrhein-Westfalens, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dortmund, with forms such as "ddortmund", "dormtund", and "dorrtmund". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Dortmunds", "Dortmunder", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dortmund, spelled D-O-R-T-M-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Großstadt im Ruhrgebiet im westfälischen Landesteil Nordrhein-Westfalens, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dortmund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Müller wurde in Dortmund geboren.
Herr Schmidt fährt nach Dortmund.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddortmund
- dormtund
- dorrtmund
- dortmmund
- dortmnud
- dortmudn
- dortmundd
- dortmunnd
- dorttmund
- dortumnd
- dotrmund
- drotmund
- odrtmund
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dortmund - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dortmund", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).