[ˈvɔt͡sʔɛp]
The verdict
“Whatsapp” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,331
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine gegebenenfalls mit Bildern oder Videos versehene Kurzmitteilung, die über den Nachrichtendienst WhatsApp an das Smartphone anderer angemeldeter Benutzer versendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-whatsapp · Whatsapp · German
Whatsapp · rank #5,331 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,331
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wechselt
Nearest frequency peer: wechselt (-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 „Whatsapp“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Volker
Volker
94,672 corpus weight
- wechselt
wechselt
94,671 corpus weight
- Whatsapp
Whatsapp
94,670 corpus weight
- Zeuge
Zeuge
94,669 corpus weight
- Zoo
Zoo
94,668 corpus weight
- älteste
älteste
94,667 corpus weight
What this shows „Whatsapp“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔt͡sʔɛp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Whatsapp“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Whatsapp (IPA [ˈvɔt͡sʔɛp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,331 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine gegebenenfalls mit Bildern oder Videos versehene Kurzmitteilung, die über den Nachrichtendienst WhatsApp an das Smartphone anderer angemeldeter Benutzer versendet wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Whatsapp, with forms such as "hwatsapp", "wahtsapp", and "whastapp". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Whatsapp, spelled W-H-A-T-S-A-P-P.
Definition
- 1eine gegebenenfalls mit Bildern oder Videos versehene Kurzmitteilung, die über den Nachrichtendienst WhatsApp an das Smartphone anderer angemeldeter Benutzer versendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Whatsapp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nur kurz noch Mails checken, nur die eine Whatsapp beantworten ... und plötzlich war man schon wieder 20 Minuten online.“
Ich habe eben eine Whatsapp von meinem Freund erhalten.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hwatsapp
- wahtsapp
- whastapp
- whataspp
- whatsap
- whatspap
- whatssapp
- whattsapp
- whhatsapp
- whtasapp
- wwhatsapp
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Whatsapp - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Whatsapp", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).