Ivan
[ˈiːvaːn]
The verdict
“Ivan” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,944
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-ivan · Ivan · German
Ivan · rank #12,944 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,944
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH infanterie
Nearest frequency peer: infanterie (-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 „Ivan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hütten
Hütten
87,060 corpus weight
- ineinander
ineinander
87,059 corpus weight
- infanterie
infanterie
87,058 corpus weight
- Ivan
Ivan
87,057 corpus weight
- Joel
Joel
87,055 corpus weight
- Jugendamt
Jugendamt
87,054 corpus weight
What this shows „Ivan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Ivan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈiːvaːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ivan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ivan (IPA [ˈiːvaːn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,944 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ivan, with forms such as "iavn", "ivann", and "ivna". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ivy", "Iwan", "ia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ivan, spelled I-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ivan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Feste, die Ivan ausrichtet, verlaufen meistens unspektakulär.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iavn
- ivann
- ivna
- ivvan
- vian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ivan - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ivan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).