Pjöngjang
[pjœŋˈjaŋ]
The verdict
“Pjöngjang” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,733
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea (Nordkoreas)
Corpus desk
Index DE-pjongjang · Pjöngjang · German
Pjöngjang · rank #42,733 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,733
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH pinocchio
Nearest frequency peer: pinocchio (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pjöngjang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pfarrkirchen
Pfarrkirchen
57,271 corpus weight
- Pflegerin
Pflegerin
57,270 corpus weight
- pinocchio
pinocchio
57,269 corpus weight
- Pjöngjang
Pjöngjang
57,268 corpus weight
- platter
platter
57,267 corpus weight
- Polizeiauto
Polizeiauto
57,265 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pjöngjang” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pjöngjang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pjœŋˈjaŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Pjöngjang” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Pjöngjang (IPA [pjœŋˈjaŋ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,733 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hauptstadt der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea (Nordkoreas)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pjöngjang, with forms such as "jpöngjang", "pjjöngjang", and "pjnögjang". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pjöngjang, spelled P-J-Ö-N-G-J-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea (Nordkoreas)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pjöngjang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pjöngjang liegt im Südwesten von Nordkorea.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jpöngjang
- pjjöngjang
- pjnögjang
- pjögnjang
- pjöngajng
- pjönggjang
- pjöngjagn
- pjöngjangg
- pjöngjanng
- pjöngjjang
- pjöngjnag
- pjönjgang
- pjönngjang
- ppjöngjang
- pöjngjang
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pjöngjang - 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 "Pjöngjang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #42,733 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.