United States of America
[juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əv aˈmeːrika]
The verdict
“United States of America” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zwischen dem Atlantik und Pazifik gelegener drittgrößter Staat der Erde; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | United States of America |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əv aˈmeːrika] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “United States of America” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for United States of America is 24 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əv aˈmeːrika]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zwischen dem Atlantik und Pazifik gelegener drittgrößter Staat der Erde; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika".
United States of America has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is United States of America, spelled U-N-I-T-E-D- -S-T-A-T-E-S- -O-F- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Zwischen dem Atlantik und Pazifik gelegener drittgrößter Staat der Erde; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “United States of America”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-I-T-E-D- -S-T-A-T-E-S- -O-F- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.