Villa

[ˈvɪla]

/[ˈvɪla]/ noun

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The verdict

“Villa” sits in 17 confusable pairs (corpus #3,693) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,693
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten

Corpus desk

Index DE-villa · Villa · German

Villa · rank #3,693 · 4 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,693
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vierte

Nearest frequency peer: vierte (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Villa“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Villa“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

Villa vs voll
40% similar
Villa vs vita
40% similar
Villa vs Visa
60% similar

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

Key facts for Villa
PropertyValue
HeadwordVilla
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɪla]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,693
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Villa“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Villaliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „vierte“ (#3,692), „voran“ (#3,694), „Unrecht“ (#3,691). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Villa“ bei #3,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Villa is neighbouring look-alikes ("voll", "vita", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈvɪla]. Frequency #3,693 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Gloss: "großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Villa, with forms such as "ivlla", "vilal", and "vlila". 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. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "voll", "vita", "Visa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Villa, spelled V-I-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In Hamburg kann man am Elbufer schöne Villen sehen.
  2. „Die reichen Weißen in den Villen an der Esplanade ließen auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite großzügige Häuser für ihre schwarzen und halbblütigen Mätressen errichten.“

Synonyms

LandhausLandsitzStadthaus

This word in other languages

villa(English)mansión(Español)villa(Français)mansão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivlla
  • vilal
  • vlila
  • vvilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivlla2vilal2vlila2vvilla1
Edit distance from "Villa"

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 "Villa"?
"Villa" is spelled V-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪla].
What does "Villa" mean?
As a noun, "Villa" means: großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten
What words are commonly confused with "Villa"?
"Villa" is commonly confused with "voll", "vita", "Visa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Villa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Villa" is [ˈvɪla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Villa" come from?
"Villa" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

voran#3,694wählt#3,697Stock#3,686Chris#3,715

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list