Wacken
[ˈvakn̩]
The verdict
“Wacken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,684. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,684
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dorf in Schleswig-Holstein, das für das nach dem Ort benannte Heavy Metal-Festival Wacken Open Air ^(→ WP) bekannt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-wacken · Wacken · German
Wacken · rank #26,684 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,684
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH vornimmt
Nearest frequency peer: vornimmt (-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 „Wacken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vorfinden
vorfinden
73,321 corpus weight
- Vorgängers
Vorgängers
73,319 corpus weight
- vornimmt
vornimmt
73,318 corpus weight
- Wacken
Wacken
73,317 corpus weight
- Wallfahrt
Wallfahrt
73,315 corpus weight
- Wasserwerfer
Wasserwerfer
73,314 corpus weight
What this shows „Wacken“ 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 | Wacken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvakn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wacken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Wacken (IPA [ˈvakn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,684 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dorf in Schleswig-Holstein, das für das nach dem Ort benannte Heavy Metal-Festival Wacken Open Air ^(→ WP) bekannt ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wacken, with forms such as "awcken", "waccken", and "wacekn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Wake", "waren", "Wagen", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wacken, spelled W-A-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dorf in Schleswig-Holstein, das für das nach dem Ort benannte Heavy Metal-Festival Wacken Open Air ^(→ WP) bekannt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wacken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wacken hat weniger als 2000 Einwohner.
In Wacken findet alljährlich ein großes Heavy-Metal-Festival statt.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awcken
- waccken
- wacekn
- wackenn
- wackken
- wackne
- wakcen
- wcaken
- wwacken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wacken - 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 "Wacken", 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).