Padua
[ˈpaːdua]
The verdict
“Padua” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,201
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - italienische Universitätsstadt und Hauptstadt der Provinz Padua
Corpus desk
Index DE-padua · Padua · German
Padua · rank #32,201 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,201
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Ozeane
Nearest frequency peer: Ozeane (-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 „Padua“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ortsrand
Ortsrand
67,803 corpus weight
- Osterferien
Osterferien
67,802 corpus weight
- Ozeane
Ozeane
67,801 corpus weight
- Padua
Padua
67,800 corpus weight
- pape
pape
67,799 corpus weight
- pepper
pepper
67,798 corpus weight
What this shows „Padua“ 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 | Padua |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaːdua] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Padua“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Padua (IPA [ˈpaːdua]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,201 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Padua, with forms such as "apdua", "padau", and "paddua". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Pau", "Paul", "Papa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Padua, spelled P-A-D-U-A.
Definition
- 1italienische Universitätsstadt und Hauptstadt der Provinz Padua
- 2Provinz in Venetien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Padua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mehr noch: Erinnerungen lassen sich durch manipulierte Fotos nachträglich modifizieren, wie die amerikanische Psychologieprofessorin Elizabeth Loftus in einem Experiment mit Studenten an der Universität Padua nachwies.“
„Die Universität Padua aber hatte Weltruf.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apdua
- padau
- paddua
- pauda
- pdaua
- ppadua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Padua - 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 "Padua", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).