Wachau
[vaˈxaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Wachau” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,115
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flusslandschaft (Durchbruchtal der Donau) in Niederösterreich, seit 2000 als UNESCO-Welterbe geführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wachau · Wachau · German
Wachau · rank #47,115 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,115
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorzügen
Nearest frequency peer: Vorzügen (-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 „Wachau“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vorstandssi…
Vorstandssitzung
52,889 corpus weight
- Vorzügen
Vorzügen
52,887 corpus weight
- Wachau
Wachau
52,886 corpus weight
- wachsendes
wachsendes
52,885 corpus weight
- Waffensyste…
Waffensysteme
52,884 corpus weight
- Wahlerfolg
Wahlerfolg
52,883 corpus weight
What this shows „Wachau“ 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 | Wachau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [vaˈxaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wachau“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Wachau (IPA [vaˈxaʊ̯]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,115 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Flusslandschaft (Durchbruchtal der Donau) in Niederösterreich, seit 2000 als UNESCO-Welterbe geführt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wachau, with forms such as "awchau", "wacahu", and "wacchau". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Wache", "wacht", "Wachs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wachau, spelled W-A-C-H-A-U.
Definition
- 1Flusslandschaft (Durchbruchtal der Donau) in Niederösterreich, seit 2000 als UNESCO-Welterbe geführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wachau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wachau bringt einen sehr guten Wein hervor.“
„[…] die Weine aus der Wachau gewinnen einen Preis nach dem anderen. Die Winzer profitieren von Hängen mit idealem Neigungswinkel und der langen Herbstwärme, die aus Ungarn hereinströmt.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awchau
- wacahu
- wacchau
- wachhau
- wachua
- wahcau
- wcahau
- wwachau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wachau - 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.
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 "Wachau", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).