Mainz
[maɪ̯nt͡s]
The verdict
“Mainz” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,349
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Deutschland, Hauptstadt von Rheinland-Pfalz
Corpus desk
Index DE-mainz · Mainz · German
Mainz · rank #2,349 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,349
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH liebt
Nearest frequency peer: liebt (-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 „Mainz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- lautet
lautet
97,655 corpus weight
- Leser
Leser
97,654 corpus weight
- liebt
liebt
97,653 corpus weight
- Mainz
Mainz
97,652 corpus weight
- Manager
Manager
97,651 corpus weight
- media
media
97,650 corpus weight
What this shows „Mainz“ 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 | Mainz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maɪ̯nt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mainz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Mainz (IPA [maɪ̯nt͡s]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,349 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Deutschland, Hauptstadt von Rheinland-Pfalz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mainz, with forms such as "aminz", "mainnz", and "mainzz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "man", "min", "mein", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mainz, spelled M-A-I-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Deutschland, Hauptstadt von Rheinland-Pfalz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mainz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der alte freie Weg nach Mainz war gesperrt, ich mußte über die Schiffbrücke bei Rüsselsheim; in Ginsheim ward gefüttert; der Ort ist sehr zerschossen; dann über die Schiffbrücke auf die Nonnenaue, wo viele Bäume niedergehauen lagen, sofort auf dem zweiten Teil der Schiffbrücke über den größern Arm des Rheins.
Daniel, von Gottes Gnaden Erzbischof von Mainz, Kurfürst des heiligen römischen Reiches und seiner Kaiserlichen Majestät Erzkanzler in Germanien, fordert mich als der nunmehrige Oberlehnsherr des Gerichts Bodenstein auf, mich Anfang Juni in seiner getreuen Stadt Heiligenstadt zur Huldigung einzufinden.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aminz
- mainnz
- mainzz
- maizn
- maniz
- mianz
- mmainz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mainz - 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 "Mainz", 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).