Korinth
[koˈʁɪnt]
The verdict
“Korinth” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #47,539 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #47,539
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - griechische Stadt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Korinth |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [koˈʁɪnt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Korinth” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Korinth is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈʁɪnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,539 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "griechische Stadt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Korinth, with forms such as "kkorinth", "koirnth", and "korinht". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Korinth, spelled K-O-R-I-N-T-H.
Definition
- 1griechische Stadt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkorinth,koirnth,korinht,korinnth,korinthh,korintth,koritnh,kornith,korrinth,krointh,okrinth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Korinth - 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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Using “Korinth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-R-I-N-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈʁɪnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.