Ilmenau
[ˈɪlmənaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Ilmenau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,022
- frequency rank, German
- 17,725
- “I” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ilmenau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪlmənaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ilmenau” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ilmenau (IPA [ˈɪlmənaʊ̯]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,022 among 17,725 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ilmenau, with forms such as "ilemnau", "illmenau", and "ilmeanu". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Ilmenau, spelled I-L-M-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilemnau,illmenau,ilmeanu,ilmennau,ilmenua,ilmmenau,ilmneau,imlenau,limenau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ilmenau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Ilmenau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-L-M-E-N-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɪlmənaʊ̯] (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.