Sardinien
[zaʁˈdiːni̯ən]
The verdict
“Sardinien” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,051 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #21,051
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Insel im Mittelmeer und autonome Region Italiens
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sardinien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zaʁˈdiːni̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sardinien” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sardinien is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zaʁˈdiːni̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,051 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Insel im Mittelmeer und autonome Region Italiens".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sardinien, with forms such as "asrdinien", "sadrinien", and "sarddinien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Sardinien, spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Insel im Mittelmeer und autonome Region Italiens
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asrdinien,sadrinien,sarddinien,sardiinen,sardinein,sardinienn,sardinine,sardinnien,sardniien,saridnien,sarrdinien,sradinien,ssardinien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sardinien - 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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Using “Sardinien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-R-D-I-N-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [zaʁˈdiːni̯ən] (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
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.