Spain

[speɪn]

/[speɪn]/ name

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The verdict

“Spain” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,026
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Land auf der Iberischen Halbinsel in Südwesteuropa; Spanien

Corpus desk

Index DE-spain · Spain · German

Spain · rank #36,026 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,026
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spaziert

Nearest frequency peer: spaziert (+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 „Spain“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Spain“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Spain vs spät
20% similar
Spain vs Spam
60% similar
Spain vs spar
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Spain
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpain
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[speɪn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,026
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spain“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Spainliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spaziert“ (#36,027), „Sonnenbrillen“ (#36,024), „Spesen“ (#36,028). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spain“ bei #36,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Spain (IPA [speɪn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,026 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Land auf der Iberischen Halbinsel in Südwesteuropa; Spanien".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spain, with forms such as "psain", "sapin", and "spainn". 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, "spät", "Spam", "spar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spain, spelled S-P-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land auf der Iberischen Halbinsel in Südwesteuropa; Spanien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Spain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The only bordering countries from Spain are Portugal, France, Gibraltar and Andorra.

This word in other languages

España(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psain
  • sapin
  • spainn
  • spani
  • spian
  • sppain
  • sspain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spain - 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.

psain2sapin2spainn1spani2spian2sppain1sspain1
Edit distance from "Spain"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spain"?
"Spain" is spelled S-P-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [speɪn].
What does "Spain" mean?
As a proper noun, "Spain" means: Land auf der Iberischen Halbinsel in Südwesteuropa; Spanien
What words are commonly confused with "Spain"?
"Spain" is commonly confused with "spät", "Spam", "spar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spain" is [speɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spain" come from?
"Spain" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spain", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scher#36,007valve#36,081puren#35,969viral#36,103

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Ullmann7 variantsrabbit7 variantsOffense7 variantsLogen7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list