Hiroshima
[hiˈʁɔʃima]
The verdict
“Hiroshima” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,608. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,608
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hafenstadt auf der japanischen Insel Honshu (Honshū)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hiroshima |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [hiˈʁɔʃima] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hiroshima” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Hiroshima (IPA [hiˈʁɔʃima]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,608 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hiroshima, with forms such as "hhiroshima", "hiorshima", and "hirohsima". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hiroshima, spelled H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Hafenstadt auf der japanischen Insel Honshu (Honshū)
- 2Präfektur auf der Insel Honshū
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhiroshima
- hiorshima
- hirohsima
- hiroshhima
- hiroshiam
- hiroshimma
- hiroshmia
- hirosihma
- hirosshima
- hirroshima
- hirsohima
- hrioshima
- ihroshima
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hiroshima - 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 “Hiroshima”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hiˈʁɔʃima] (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.