Sudan

[zuˈdaːn]

/[zuˈdaːn]/ name

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The verdict

“Sudan” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,083. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,083
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat in Nordostafrika

Corpus desk

Index DE-sudan · Sudan · German

Sudan · rank #18,083 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,083
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Suchmaschine

Nearest frequency peer: Suchmaschine (-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 „Sudan“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Sudan“ 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).

Sudan vs Sun
60% similar
Sudan vs Süden
60% similar
Sudan vs sugar
40% similar

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

Key facts for Sudan
PropertyValue
HeadwordSudan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[zuˈdaːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,083
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sudan“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Suchmaschine“ (#18,082), „Ständer“ (#18,081), „Superman“ (#18,085). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sudan“ bei #18,083. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Sudan (IPA [zuˈdaːn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,083 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Staat in Nordostafrika".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sudan, with forms such as "sduan", "ssudan", and "suadn". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Sun", "Süden", "sugar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Sudan, spelled S-U-D-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staat in Nordostafrika

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Hohe Temperaturen und Sommerregen besonders im Süden kennzeichnen das tropische Klima des Sudan.“
  2. Der Sudan liefert unter anderem Öl nach China.

Synonyms

Republik SudanDemokratische Republik Sudan

This word in other languages

Sudan(English)Sudán(Español)Soudan(Français)Sudão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sduan
  • ssudan
  • suadn
  • sudann
  • suddan
  • sudna
  • usdan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sduan2ssudan1suadn2sudann1suddan1sudna2usdan2
Edit distance from "Sudan"

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 "Sudan"?
"Sudan" is spelled S-U-D-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zuˈdaːn].
What does "Sudan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sudan" means: Staat in Nordostafrika
What words are commonly confused with "Sudan"?
"Sudan" is commonly confused with "Sun", "Süden", "sugar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sudan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sudan" is [zuˈdaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sudan" come from?
"Sudan" 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 "Sudan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Thiel#18,087thing#18,088Spion#18,070trust#18,099

Similar misspelling depth

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

Silke7 variantsTürme7 variantsscore7 variantsRubel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list