Westafrika
[ˌvɛstˈʔaːfʁika]
The verdict
“Westafrika” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,967
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der westliche Teil des afrikanischen Kontinents, der nordwärts bis etwa zur Zentralsahara reicht und im Süden und Westen durch den Atlantischen Ozean begrenzt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-westafrika · Westafrika · German
Westafrika · rank #22,967 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,967
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wesentliches
Nearest frequency peer: wesentliches (-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 „Westafrika“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wendepunkt
Wendepunkt
77,037 corpus weight
- Werbespot
Werbespot
77,036 corpus weight
- wesentliches
wesentliches
77,035 corpus weight
- Westafrika
Westafrika
77,034 corpus weight
- wichtigeres
wichtigeres
77,033 corpus weight
- wink
wink
77,031 corpus weight
What this shows „Westafrika“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Westafrika |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌvɛstˈʔaːfʁika] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Westafrika“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Westafrika (IPA [ˌvɛstˈʔaːfʁika]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,967 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der westliche Teil des afrikanischen Kontinents, der nordwärts bis etwa zur Zentralsahara reicht und im Süden und Westen durch den Atlantischen Ozean begrenzt ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Westafrika, with forms such as "ewstafrika", "wesatfrika", and "wesstafrika". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Westafrika, spelled W-E-S-T-A-F-R-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1der westliche Teil des afrikanischen Kontinents, der nordwärts bis etwa zur Zentralsahara reicht und im Süden und Westen durch den Atlantischen Ozean begrenzt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Westafrika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Westafrika besteht aus den Großlandschaften Sahara und Sahel.
„Über das kleine Elobey wurden nicht nur Waren, sondern auch Missionare nach Westafrika gebracht.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewstafrika
- wesatfrika
- wesstafrika
- westaffrika
- westafirka
- westafriak
- westafrikka
- westafrkia
- westafrrika
- westarfika
- westfarika
- westtafrika
- wetsafrika
- wsetafrika
- wwestafrika
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Westafrika - 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
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).