Norfolk
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The verdict
“Norfolk” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,356
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafschaft in England
Corpus desk
Index DE-norfolk · Norfolk · German
Norfolk · rank #48,356 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,356
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH niederdeutsch…
Nearest frequency peer: niederdeutschen (-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 „Norfolk“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Nichtregier…
Nichtregierungsorganisationen
51,647 corpus weight
- niederdeuts…
niederdeutschen
51,646 corpus weight
- Norfolk
Norfolk
51,645 corpus weight
- nuance
nuance
51,644 corpus weight
- Numerus
Numerus
51,643 corpus weight
- offeriert
offeriert
51,642 corpus weight
What this shows „Norfolk“ 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 | Norfolk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Norfolk“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Norfolk (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,356 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Norfolk, with forms such as "nnorfolk", "nofrolk", and "norffolk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "TO", "video", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Norfolk, spelled N-O-R-F-O-L-K.
Definition
- 1Grafschaft in England
- 2Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Virginia
- 3Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Nebraska
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Norfolk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zacks Einheit von Ground-Branch-Agenten hatte ein eigenes Hauptquartier zur Verfügung, ein unauffälliges Gebäude in Norfolk, Virginia.“
„In den autobiographischen Passagen des Textes schildert Uris die antisemitischen Schikanen, denen er als Kind in Norfolk im Bundesstaat Virginia ausgesetzt war.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnorfolk
- nofrolk
- norffolk
- norflok
- norfokl
- norfolkk
- norfollk
- noroflk
- norrfolk
- nrofolk
- onrfolk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Norfolk - 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 "Norfolk", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).