Starnberg
[ˈʃtaʁnˌbɛʁk]
The verdict
“Starnberg” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,777
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
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 | Starnberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʁnˌbɛʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Starnberg” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Starnberg (IPA [ˈʃtaʁnˌbɛʁk]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,777 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Starnberg, with forms such as "satrnberg", "sstarnberg", and "stanrberg". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Steinberg", "Sternberg", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Starnberg, spelled S-T-A-R-N-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satrnberg
- sstarnberg
- stanrberg
- starbnerg
- starnbberg
- starnbegr
- starnbergg
- starnberrg
- starnbreg
- starnebrg
- starnnberg
- starrnberg
- stranberg
- sttarnberg
- tsarnberg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Starnberg - 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 “Starnberg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-R-N-B-E-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtaʁnˌbɛʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Steinberg” - see the side-by-side comparison. Starnberg vs Steinberg
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.