Virgin Islands
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The verdict
“Virgin Islands” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inselgruppe in der Karibik
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Virgin Islands |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Virgin Islands” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Virgin Islands is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inselgruppe in der Karibik".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Virgin Islands in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Virgin Islands, spelled V-I-R-G-I-N- -I-S-L-A-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1Inselgruppe in der Karibik
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Virgin Islands”
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- The one correct German spelling is V-I-R-G-I-N- -I-S-L-A-N-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.