Kingston
The verdict
“Kingston” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #47,530 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #47,530
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Hauptstadt von Jamaika
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kingston |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kingston” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kingston is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,530 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kingston, with forms such as "ikngston", "kignston", and "kinggston". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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.
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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kingston, spelled K-I-N-G-S-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Jamaika
- 2Stadt in der kanadischen Provinz Ontario
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ikngston,kignston,kinggston,kingsotn,kingsston,kingstno,kingstonn,kingstton,kingtson,kinngston,kinsgton,kkingston,knigston
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kingston — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Kingston"
Frequency rank: #47,530 in German
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Using “Kingston”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-I-N-G-S-T-O-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “of” — see the side-by-side comparison. Kingston vs of
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index: