Sansibar
[ˈzanzibaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Sansibar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,445
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insel an der ostafrikanischen Küste
Corpus desk
Index DE-sansibar · Sansibar · German
Sansibar · rank #48,445 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,445
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sanitären
Nearest frequency peer: sanitären (-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 „Sansibar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sambia
Sambia
51,559 corpus weight
- sanierte
sanierte
51,558 corpus weight
- sanitären
sanitären
51,557 corpus weight
- Sansibar
Sansibar
51,556 corpus weight
- Satin
Satin
51,555 corpus weight
- Schallschutz
Schallschutz
51,554 corpus weight
What this shows „Sansibar“ 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 | Sansibar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈzanzibaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sansibar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Sansibar (IPA [ˈzanzibaːɐ̯]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,445 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sansibar, with forms such as "asnsibar", "sanisbar", and "sannsibar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sanitär", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Sansibar, spelled S-A-N-S-I-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Insel an der ostafrikanischen Küste
- 2ehemaliges Sultanat und britisches Protektorat und heutiger halbautonomer Teilstaat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sansibar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es gelang ihm, alle wichtigen Leute zu treffen, vom Vizepräsidenten der Burenrepublik Transvaal über den Sultan von Sansibar bis zum Khediven von Ägypten.“
„1861 kommt es im Zuge eines Erbfolgestreits zunächst zur Teilung in das Sultanat Sansibar und das eigentliche Sultanat Oman.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asnsibar
- sanisbar
- sannsibar
- sansbiar
- sansiabr
- sansibarr
- sansibbar
- sansibra
- sanssibar
- sasnibar
- snasibar
- ssansibar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sansibar - 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 "Sansibar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).