Izmir
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The verdict
“Izmir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,504
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Millionenstadt im Westen der Türkei
Corpus desk
Index DE-izmir · Izmir · German
Izmir · rank #47,504 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,504
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Italian
Nearest frequency peer: Italian (-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 „Izmir“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- innerdeutsc…
innerdeutsche
52,502 corpus weight
- integrativen
integrativen
52,501 corpus weight
- Irakkrieg
Irakkrieg
52,499 corpus weight
- Italian
Italian
52,498 corpus weight
- Izmir
Izmir
52,497 corpus weight
- Jobangebot
Jobangebot
52,492 corpus weight
What this shows „Izmir“ 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 | Izmir |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #47,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Izmir“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Izmir (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,504 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Izmir, with forms such as "imzir", "izimr", and "izmirr". 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, "of", "TO", "video", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Izmir, spelled I-Z-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Millionenstadt im Westen der Türkei
- 2Provinz im Westen der Türkei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Izmir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwei Frauen, die in Istanbul und Izmir von Vorlesungen und Prüfungen ausgeschlossen wurden, weil sie sich weigerten, ihr Kopftuch abzulegen, scheitern mit ihrer Klage.“
„Das Lokal war schmucklos und zurückhaltend eingerichtet: weißer Linoleumboden, eine Vitrine gleich neben der Tür, in der die tägliche Auswahl von Kebabs und Vorspeisen ausgestellt war, und an den Wänden Poster von Izmir, Konja und anderen türkischen Ferienorten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imzir
- izimr
- izmirr
- izmmir
- izmri
- izzmir
- zimir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Izmir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Izmir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).