Vulkan
[vʊlˈkaːn]
The verdict
“Vulkan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,630
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Struktur, die entsteht, wenn Magma aus dem Inneren eines Planeten bis zur Oberfläche ansteigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-vulkan · Vulkan · German
Vulkan · rank #12,630 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,630
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorwand
Nearest frequency peer: Vorwand (-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 „Vulkan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vorherige
vorherige
87,374 corpus weight
- Vorsatz
Vorsatz
87,373 corpus weight
- Vorwand
Vorwand
87,372 corpus weight
- Vulkan
Vulkan
87,371 corpus weight
- walk
walk
87,370 corpus weight
- walking
walking
87,369 corpus weight
What this shows „Vulkan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vulkan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vʊlˈkaːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vulkan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Vulkan (IPA [vʊlˈkaːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,630 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Struktur, die entsteht, wenn Magma aus dem Inneren eines Planeten bis zur Oberfläche ansteigt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vulkan, with forms such as "uvlkan", "vlukan", and "vuklan". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Vulva", "Vulkane", "Vulkans", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Vulkan, spelled V-U-L-K-A-N.
Definition
- 1Struktur, die entsteht, wenn Magma aus dem Inneren eines Planeten bis zur Oberfläche ansteigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vulkan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der größte Vulkan des Sonnensystems ist Olympus Mons auf dem Mars.
„Das Gipfelerlebnis, das die Vulkane ihrem Besteiger gewähren, ist kein sentimentalischer Blick auf die Landschaft, sondern ein seltener Moment wissenschaftlicher Synthese und enzyklopädischer Ganzheit.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uvlkan
- vlukan
- vuklan
- vulakn
- vulkann
- vulkkan
- vulkna
- vullkan
- vvulkan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vulkan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vulkan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).