Vienna

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The verdict

“Vienna” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,824. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,824
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort im US-Bundesstaat Virginia

Corpus desk

Index DE-vienna · Vienna · German

Vienna · rank #12,824 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,824
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verurteilte

Nearest frequency peer: verurteilte (-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 „Vienna“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Vienna“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Vienna vs Vietnam
71% similar
Vienna vs windows
14% similar
Vienna vs your
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Vienna
PropertyValue
HeadwordVienna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,824
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vienna“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Viennaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „verurteilte“ (#12,823), „Volkswirtschaft“ (#12,825), „verteidigte“ (#12,822). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vienna“ bei #12,824. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Vienna (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,824 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ort im US-Bundesstaat Virginia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vienna, with forms such as "ivenna", "veinna", and "viena". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Vietnam", "windows", "your", and more, 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 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 Vienna, spelled V-I-E-N-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort im US-Bundesstaat Virginia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Vienna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Chang hatte schon einige dieser Inseln der Geheimhaltung besucht, aber diese war neu: Ihr Zugang war die Hintertür eines gesichtslosen Bürogebäudes an der Maple Avenue in Vienna.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivenna
  • veinna
  • viena
  • vienan
  • vinena
  • vvienna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vienna - 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.

ivenna2veinna2viena1vienan2vinena2vvienna1
Edit distance from "Vienna"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vienna"?
"Vienna" is spelled V-I-E-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Vienna" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vienna" means: Ort im US-Bundesstaat Virginia
What words are commonly confused with "Vienna"?
"Vienna" is commonly confused with "Vietnam", "windows", "your". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vienna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vienna" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vienna" come from?
"Vienna" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vienna", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

webcam#12,831wessen#12,833seriös#12,790Astrid#12,860

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

water6 variantsAlexa6 variantsAnita6 variantsBallett6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list