Uganda
[uˈɡanda]
The verdict
“Uganda” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,058 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #19,058
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Land in Ostafrika
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uganda |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [uˈɡanda] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Uganda” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Uganda is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈɡanda]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,058 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Land in Ostafrika".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Uganda, with forms such as "guanda", "uagnda", and "ugadna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Uganda, spelled U-G-A-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1Land in Ostafrika
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: guanda,uagnda,ugadna,uganad,ugandda,ugannda,ugganda,ugnada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Uganda - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Uganda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-G-A-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uˈɡanda] (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
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.