Philadelphia
[filaˈdɛlfi̯a]
The verdict
“Philadelphia” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,558
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania
Corpus desk
Index DE-philadelphia · Philadelphia · German
Philadelphia · rank #12,558 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,558
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Organismus
Nearest frequency peer: Organismus (-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 „Philadelphia“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oberpfalz
Oberpfalz
87,446 corpus weight
- OLG
OLG
87,445 corpus weight
- Organismus
Organismus
87,444 corpus weight
- Philadelphia
Philadelphia
87,443 corpus weight
- platzieren
platzieren
87,442 corpus weight
- police
police
87,441 corpus weight
What this shows „Philadelphia“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Philadelphia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [filaˈdɛlfi̯a] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #12,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Philadelphia“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Philadelphia (IPA [filaˈdɛlfi̯a]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,558 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Philadelphia, with forms such as "hpiladelphia", "phhiladelphia", and "phialdelphia". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Philadelphia, spelled P-H-I-L-A-D-E-L-P-H-I-A.
Definition
- 1Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Philadelphia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Eltern wurden in Philadelphia geboren.
„Irgendwann gelang es uns, ihn von dem Medizinstudenten wegzuziehen, und als der Zug schließlich in Philadelphia ankam, hatte niemand Scott geschlagen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpiladelphia
- phhiladelphia
- phialdelphia
- philaddelphia
- philadelhpia
- philadellphia
- philadelphai
- philadelphhia
- philadelpiha
- philadelpphia
- philadeplhia
- philadlephia
- philaedlphia
- phildaelphia
- philladelphia
- phliadelphia
- pihladelphia
- pphiladelphia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Philadelphia - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Philadelphia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).