Halbinsel
[ˈhalpˌʔɪnzl̩]
The verdict
“Halbinsel” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,926 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,926
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Gebiet oder Stück Land, welches von drei Seiten von Wasser umschlossen ist, und nur durch an einer Seite eine (schmale) Landverbindung zum Festland besitzt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halbinsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalpˌʔɪnzl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Halbinsel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Halbinsel is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhalpˌʔɪnzl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,926 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Gebiet oder Stück Land, welches von drei Seiten von Wasser umschlossen ist, und nur durch an einer Seite eine (schmale) Landverbindung zum Festland besitzt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Halbinsel, with forms such as "ahlbinsel", "hablinsel", and "halbbinsel". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Halbinsel, spelled H-A-L-B-I-N-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Gebiet oder Stück Land, welches von drei Seiten von Wasser umschlossen ist, und nur durch an einer Seite eine (schmale) Landverbindung zum Festland besitzt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahlbinsel,hablinsel,halbbinsel,halbinesl,halbinnsel,halbinsell,halbinsle,halbinssel,halbisnel,halbnisel,halibnsel,hallbinsel,hhalbinsel,hlabinsel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Halbinsel - 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 “Halbinsel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-L-B-I-N-S-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhalpˌʔɪnzl̩] (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
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.