Warstein
[ˈvaːɐ̯ʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Warstein” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,377
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-warstein · Warstein · German
Warstein · rank #49,377 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,377
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wants
Nearest frequency peer: wants (-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 „Warstein“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Walküre
Walküre
50,627 corpus weight
- Wanderers
Wanderers
50,626 corpus weight
- wants
wants
50,625 corpus weight
- Warstein
Warstein
50,624 corpus weight
- waste
waste
50,623 corpus weight
- watching
watching
50,622 corpus weight
What this shows „Warstein“ 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 | Warstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːɐ̯ʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Warstein“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Warstein (IPA [ˈvaːɐ̯ʃtaɪ̯n]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,377 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Warstein, with forms such as "awrstein", "warrstein", and "warsetin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "warten", "warnten", "wahrsten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Warstein, spelled W-A-R-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Warstein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Warstein liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
Für sein Bier ist Warstein überregional bekannt.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awrstein
- warrstein
- warsetin
- warsstein
- warsteinn
- warsteni
- warstien
- warsttein
- wartsein
- wasrtein
- wrastein
- wwarstein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Warstein - 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 "Warstein", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).