Himalaya
[hiˈmaːlaja]
The verdict
“Himalaya” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,244
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hochgebirge in Asien, das sich zwischen dem indischen Subkontinent und dem tibetischen Hochland erstreckt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Himalaya |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [hiˈmaːlaja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Himalaya” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Himalaya (IPA [hiˈmaːlaja]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,244 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hochgebirge in Asien, das sich zwischen dem indischen Subkontinent und dem tibetischen Hochland erstreckt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Himalaya, with forms such as "hhimalaya", "hiamlaya", and "himaalya". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Himalaya, spelled H-I-M-A-L-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Hochgebirge in Asien, das sich zwischen dem indischen Subkontinent und dem tibetischen Hochland erstreckt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhimalaya,hiamlaya,himaalya,himalaay,himalayya,himallaya,himalyaa,himlaaya,himmalaya,hmialaya,ihmalaya
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Himalaya - 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 “Himalaya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-M-A-L-A-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hiˈmaːlaja] (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.