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
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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
| 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) |
Where “Westafrika” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Westafrika (IPA [ˌvɛstˈʔaːfʁika]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,967 among 38,697 “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
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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Using “Westafrika”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-S-T-A-F-R-I-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌvɛstˈʔaːfʁika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.