Taiwan
[taɪ̯ˈvaːn]
The verdict
“Taiwan” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,427
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insel im Pazifik vor der Küste Chinas, die von der Volksrepublik China als Teil ihres Hoheitsgebietes angesehen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-taiwan · Taiwan · German
Taiwan · rank #14,427 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,427
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Söhnen
Nearest frequency peer: Söhnen (-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 „Taiwan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Superstar
Superstar
85,577 corpus weight
- Söhnen
Söhnen
85,575 corpus weight
- Taiwan
Taiwan
85,574 corpus weight
- tell
tell
85,573 corpus weight
- thematisch
thematisch
85,572 corpus weight
- think
think
85,571 corpus weight
What this shows „Taiwan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Taiwan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [taɪ̯ˈvaːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Taiwan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Taiwan (IPA [taɪ̯ˈvaːn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,427 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Taiwan, with forms such as "atiwan", "taiawn", and "taiwann". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Titan", "Taliban", "Taifun", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Taiwan, spelled T-A-I-W-A-N.
Definition
- 1Insel im Pazifik vor der Küste Chinas, die von der Volksrepublik China als Teil ihres Hoheitsgebietes angesehen wird
- 2Staat auf dieser Insel, der nur von wenigen Staaten anerkannt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taiwan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wegen des teils tropischen, teils subtropischen Klimas war Taiwan bis vor einigen Jahrhunderten eine fast reine Waldinsel.“
Mein Rechner kommt aus Taiwan.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atiwan
- taiawn
- taiwann
- taiwna
- taiwwan
- tawian
- tiawan
- ttaiwan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Taiwan - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Taiwan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).