Ontario
[ɔnˈtaːʁio]
The verdict
“Ontario” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,321
- frequency rank, German
- 14,908
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Provinz Kanadas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ontario |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɔnˈtaːʁio] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ontario” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ontario (IPA [ɔnˈtaːʁio]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,321 among 14,908 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Provinz Kanadas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ontario, with forms such as "notario", "onatrio", and "onntario". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ontario, spelled O-N-T-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1eine Provinz Kanadas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- notario
- onatrio
- onntario
- ontairo
- ontaroi
- ontarrio
- ontraio
- onttario
- otnario
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ontario - 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 “Ontario”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-N-T-A-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔnˈtaːʁio] (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
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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.