Isländer
[ˈiːsˌlɛndɐ]
The verdict
“Isländer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,600
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staatsbürger von Island
Corpus desk
Index DE-islander · Isländer · German
Isländer · rank #42,600 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,600
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Jahrestages
Nearest frequency peer: Jahrestages (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Isländer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Inzidenz
Inzidenz
57,405 corpus weight
- Irrenanstalt
Irrenanstalt
57,403 corpus weight
- Isländer
Isländer
57,401 corpus weight
- Jahrestages
Jahrestages
57,400 corpus weight
- jahrzehntel…
jahrzehntelangen
57,399 corpus weight
- Jakarta
Jakarta
57,398 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Isländer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Isländer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈiːsˌlɛndɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Isländer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Isländer (IPA [ˈiːsˌlɛndɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,600 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Isländer, with forms such as "ilsänder", "islländer", and "islnäder". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Islands", "Island", "Inländer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Isländer, spelled I-S-L-Ä-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Staatsbürger von Island
- 2Islandpferd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Isländer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Isländer scheinen bei allem, was Hightech angeht, stets auf dem neuesten Stand zu sein.“
„Ist es da ein Wunder, dass jeder zweite Isländer an Elfen glaubt?“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilsänder
- islländer
- islnäder
- islädner
- isländder
- isländerr
- isländre
- islänedr
- islännder
- issländer
- isälnder
- siländer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Isländer - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Isländer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Isländer" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Islands". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #42,600 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.