Taiwans
[taɪ̯ˈvaːns]
The verdict
“Taiwans” is uncommon German (frequency #69,755 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,755
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Taiwan
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Taiwans |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taɪ̯ˈvaːns] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Taiwans” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Taiwans is uncommon German at frequency #69,755 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [taɪ̯ˈvaːns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Taiwan".
Taiwans has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Taiwans, spelled T-A-I-W-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Taiwan
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 “Taiwans”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-I-W-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [taɪ̯ˈvaːns] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.