Neuguinea
[nɔɪ̯ɡiˈneːa]
The verdict
“Neuguinea” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,705
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zweitgrößte Insel der Erde, Teil des australischen Kontinents, nördlich des Staates Australien gelegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Neuguinea |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [nɔɪ̯ɡiˈneːa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Neuguinea” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Neuguinea (IPA [nɔɪ̯ɡiˈneːa]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,705 among 26,919 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zweitgrößte Insel der Erde, Teil des australischen Kontinents, nördlich des Staates Australien gelegen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Neuguinea, with forms such as "enuguinea", "neguuinea", and "neugguinea". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Neuguinea, spelled N-E-U-G-U-I-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1zweitgrößte Insel der Erde, Teil des australischen Kontinents, nördlich des Staates Australien gelegen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enuguinea
- neguuinea
- neugguinea
- neugiunea
- neuguiena
- neuguinae
- neuguinnea
- neuguniea
- neuuginea
- nneuguinea
- nueguinea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Neuguinea - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Neuguinea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-E-U-G-U-I-N-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nɔɪ̯ɡiˈneːa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.