Gibraltar
[ɡiˈbʁaltaʁ]
The verdict
“Gibraltar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,273
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Halbinsel an der Südspitze Spaniens unter britischer Herrschaft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gibraltar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɡiˈbʁaltaʁ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gibraltar” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Gibraltar (IPA [ɡiˈbʁaltaʁ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,273 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Halbinsel an der Südspitze Spaniens unter britischer Herrschaft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gibraltar, with forms such as "gbiraltar", "ggibraltar", and "gibarltar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gibraltar, spelled G-I-B-R-A-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Halbinsel an der Südspitze Spaniens unter britischer Herrschaft
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gbiraltar
- ggibraltar
- gibarltar
- gibbraltar
- gibralatr
- gibralltar
- gibraltarr
- gibraltra
- gibralttar
- gibratlar
- gibrlatar
- gibrraltar
- girbaltar
- igbraltar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gibraltar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Gibraltar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-I-B-R-A-L-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡiˈbʁaltaʁ] (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.