Vatikan
[vatiˈkaːn]
The verdict
“Vatikan” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,817
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - päpstliche Residenz in Rom
Corpus desk
Index DE-vatikan · Vatikan · German
Vatikan · rank #12,817 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,817
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH variablen
Nearest frequency peer: variablen (-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 „Vatikan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- unzureichend
unzureichend
87,187 corpus weight
- Urlauber
Urlauber
87,186 corpus weight
- variablen
variablen
87,185 corpus weight
- Vatikan
Vatikan
87,184 corpus weight
- Verfall
Verfall
87,183 corpus weight
- verhängt
verhängt
87,182 corpus weight
What this shows „Vatikan“ 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 | Vatikan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [vatiˈkaːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vatikan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Vatikan (IPA [vatiˈkaːn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,817 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vatikan, with forms such as "avtikan", "vaitkan", and "vatiakn". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Vatikans", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Vatikan, spelled V-A-T-I-K-A-N.
Definition
- 1päpstliche Residenz in Rom
- 2oberste Behörde der römisch-katholischen Kirche
- 3Staat Vatikanstadt
- 4Hügel am westlichen Ufer des Tiber
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vatikan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Besuch im Vatikan waren letzthin Macmillan, der britische Premier, und Brandt, der Berliner Oberbürgermeister, vor wenigen Tagen dann auch der (katholische) Ministerpräsident Frankreichs, Debre, und sein (protestantischer) Außenminister Couve de Murville.
Das berichtete der Vorsitzende der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, Robert Zollitsch, der den Pontifex im Vatikan über die Flut früherer Missbrauchsfälle informiert hatte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avtikan
- vaitkan
- vatiakn
- vatikann
- vatikkan
- vatikna
- vatkian
- vattikan
- vtaikan
- vvatikan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vatikan - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vatikan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).