Island

[ˈiːslant]

/[ˈiːslant]/ name

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The verdict

“Island” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,547
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inselstaat im Nordatlantik

Corpus desk

Index DE-island · Island · German

Island · rank #2,547 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,547
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haltung

Nearest frequency peer: Haltung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Island“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Island“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Island vs Islands
86% similar
Island vs Isländer
63% similar
Island vs Islam
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Island
PropertyValue
HeadwordIsland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈiːslant]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,547
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Island“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Islandliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Haltung“ (#2,546), „Jugendlichen“ (#2,548), „getrennt“ (#2,545). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Island“ bei #2,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Island (IPA [ˈiːslant]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,547 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inselstaat im Nordatlantik".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Island, with forms such as "ilsand", "isalnd", and "isladn". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Islands", "Isländer", "Islam", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Island, spelled I-S-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inselstaat im Nordatlantik

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Island appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich habe im Urlaub auf Island über 1000 Fotos geschossen.
  2. „Sie haben ganz richtig gelesen: In Island gibt es ein Phallusmuseum.“

Synonyms

Republik Island

This word in other languages

Iceland(English)Islandia(Español)Islande(Français)Islândia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilsand
  • isalnd
  • isladn
  • islandd
  • islannd
  • islland
  • islnad
  • issland
  • siland

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Island - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ilsand2isalnd2isladn2islandd1islannd1islland1islnad2issland1
Edit distance from "Island"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Island"?
"Island" is spelled I-S-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈiːslant].
What does "Island" mean?
As a proper noun, "Island" means: Inselstaat im Nordatlantik
What words are commonly confused with "Island"?
"Island" is commonly confused with "Islands", "Isländer", "Islam". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Island"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Island" is [ˈiːslant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Island" come from?
"Island" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Island", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

echten#2,539Strafe#2,557bitten#2,536Vaters#2,562

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Ukraine9 variantsAnwalt9 variantsändert9 variantsTasche9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list