Warschau

/[ˈvaʁʃaʊ̯]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,662

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Warschau is aGermanname. It means: Metropole in Europa und Hauptstadt und mit 1,7 Mio. Einwohnern größte Stadt Polens; deutsche Bezeichnung von Warszawa Pronounced [ˈvaʁʃaʊ̯]. It ranks #9,662 in German word frequency. Often confused with Wachau.

Key facts for Warschau
PropertyValue
HeadwordWarschau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈvaʁʃaʊ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,662
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Warschau is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvaʁʃaʊ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,662 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Warschau, with forms such as "awrschau", "warcshau", and "warrschau". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Wachau", 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 Warschau, spelled W-A-R-S-C-H-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Metropole in Europa und Hauptstadt und mit 1,7 Mio. Einwohnern größte Stadt Polens; deutsche Bezeichnung von Warszawa
  2. 2
    die polnische Regierung
  3. 3
    das Herzogtum Warschau

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awrschau,warcshau,warrschau,warscahu,warscchau,warschhau,warschua,warshcau,warsschau,wasrchau,wraschau,wwarschau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Warschau

Misspelling Variants of "Warschau"

awrschau8warcshau8warrschau9warscahu8warscchau9warschhau9warschua8warshcau8
Misspelling Variants of "Warschau"

Frequency rank: #9,662 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Warschau"?
"Warschau" is spelled W-A-R-S-C-H-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaʁʃaʊ̯].
What does "Warschau" mean?
As a name, "Warschau" means: Metropole in Europa und Hauptstadt und mit 1,7 Mio. Einwohnern größte Stadt Polens; deutsche Bezeichnung von Warszawa
What words are commonly confused with "Warschau"?
"Warschau" is commonly confused with "Wachau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Warschau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Warschau" is [ˈvaʁʃaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Warschau" come from?
"Warschau" 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.