Sauna
[ˈzaʊ̯na]
The verdict
“Sauna” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,811 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,811
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - für das Schwitzen der Anwesenden geschaffener Raum mit sehr hoher Temperatur und niedriger Luftfeuchtigkeit
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 | Sauna |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaʊ̯na] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sauna” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sauna is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaʊ̯na]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,811 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sauna, with forms such as "asuna", "sanua", and "sauan". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sun", "sung", "sound", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sauna, spelled S-A-U-N-A.
Definition
- 1für das Schwitzen der Anwesenden geschaffener Raum mit sehr hoher Temperatur und niedriger Luftfeuchtigkeit
- 2Aufenthalt in ^([1])
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuna,sanua,sauan,saunna,ssauna,suana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sauna - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Sauna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-U-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaʊ̯na] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Sun” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sauna vs Sun
- 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.