Villa

/[ˈvɪla]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,693

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Villa is aGermannoun. It means: großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten Pronounced [ˈvɪla]. It ranks #3,693 in German word frequency. Often confused with voll and vita.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Villa in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Villa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɪla]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,693 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Villa, with forms such as "ivlla", "vilal", and "vlila". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Villa, spelled V-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    großes, freistehendes Einfamilienhaus mit großem Garten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivlla,vilal,vlila,vvilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Villa

Misspelling Variants of "Villa"

ivlla5vilal5vlila5vvilla6
Misspelling Variants of "Villa"

Frequency rank: #3,693 in German

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.