Thessaloniki
[tɛsaloˈniːki]
The verdict
“Thessaloniki” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,328
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im Nordosten von Griechenland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thessaloniki |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [tɛsaloˈniːki] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #46,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thessaloniki” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Thessaloniki (IPA [tɛsaloˈniːki]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,328 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt im Nordosten von Griechenland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thessaloniki, with forms such as "htessaloniki", "tehssaloniki", and "thesaloniki". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 Thessaloniki, spelled T-H-E-S-S-A-L-O-N-I-K-I.
Definition
- 1Stadt im Nordosten von Griechenland
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htessaloniki
- tehssaloniki
- thesaloniki
- thesasloniki
- thessalloniki
- thessalnoiki
- thessaloinki
- thessaloniik
- thessalonikki
- thessalonkii
- thessalonniki
- thessaolniki
- thesslaoniki
- theßaloniki
- thhessaloniki
- thsesaloniki
- tthessaloniki
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thessaloniki - 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 “Thessaloniki”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-H-E-S-S-A-L-O-N-I-K-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tɛsaloˈniːki] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.