Namibia
[naˈmiːbi̯a]
The verdict
“Namibia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,370
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat im Westen Südafrikas
Corpus desk
Index DE-namibia · Namibia · German
Namibia · rank #17,370 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,370
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachschub
Nearest frequency peer: Nachschub (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Namibia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Muskulatur
Muskulatur
82,634 corpus weight
- mystery
mystery
82,633 corpus weight
- Nachschub
Nachschub
82,632 corpus weight
- Namibia
Namibia
82,631 corpus weight
- natürliches
natürliches
82,629 corpus weight
- Neuling
Neuling
82,628 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Namibia” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Namibia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [naˈmiːbi̯a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Namibia” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Namibia (IPA [naˈmiːbi̯a]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,370 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Staat im Westen Südafrikas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Namibia, with forms such as "anmibia", "naimbia", and "nambiia". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Namibia, spelled N-A-M-I-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1Staat im Westen Südafrikas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Namibia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für etwa 26.000 der zweieinhalb Millionen Einwohner Namibias ist Deutsch die Muttersprache.
Windhuk ist die Hauptstadt von Namibia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anmibia
- naimbia
- nambiia
- namibai
- namibbia
- namiiba
- nammibia
- nmaibia
- nnamibia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Namibia - 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 "Namibia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Namibia". Here's where to go from here.
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,370 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
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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.