Flensburg
[ˈflɛnsbʊʁk]
The verdict
“Flensburg” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,561
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im Norden Schleswig-Holsteins
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flensburg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɛnsbʊʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Flensburg” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Flensburg (IPA [ˈflɛnsbʊʁk]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,561 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt im Norden Schleswig-Holsteins".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Flensburg, with forms such as "felnsburg", "fflensburg", and "flenbsurg". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct German form is Flensburg, spelled F-L-E-N-S-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Norden Schleswig-Holsteins
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- felnsburg
- fflensburg
- flenbsurg
- flennsburg
- flensbburg
- flensbrug
- flensbugr
- flensburgg
- flensburrg
- flenssburg
- flensubrg
- flesnburg
- fllensburg
- flnesburg
- lfensburg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Flensburg - 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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Using “Flensburg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-L-E-N-S-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈflɛnsbʊʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.