Vienna

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The verdict

“Vienna” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,824 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#12,824
frequency rank, German
6
letters
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ort im US-Bundesstaat Virginia

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)

Where “Vienna” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Vienna lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vienna is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,824 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Vienna”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is V-I-E-N-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “Vietnam” - see the side-by-side comparison. Vienna vs Vietnam
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list