Wilhelmshaven
[vɪlhɛlmsˈhaːfn̩]
The verdict
“Wilhelmshaven” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,740
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-wilhelmshaven · Wilhelmshaven · German
Wilhelmshaven · rank #13,740 · 21 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,740
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH werfe
Nearest frequency peer: werfe (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wilhelmshaven”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Weges
Weges
86,264 corpus weight
- welcome
welcome
86,263 corpus weight
- werfe
werfe
86,262 corpus weight
- Wilhelmshav…
Wilhelmshaven
86,261 corpus weight
- winde
winde
86,260 corpus weight
- wings
wings
86,259 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wilhelmshaven” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wilhelmshaven |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [vɪlhɛlmsˈhaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #13,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Wilhelmshaven” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Wilhelmshaven (IPA [vɪlhɛlmsˈhaːfn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,740 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilhelmshaven, with forms such as "iwlhelmshaven", "wihlelmshaven", and "wilehlmshaven". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Wilhelmshaven, spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M-S-H-A-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wilhelmshaven appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schauspieler Hans Clarin wurde in Wilhelmshaven geboren.
„Das Stadtgebiet Wilhelmshavens ist für statistische Zwecke in fünf Stadtbereiche […] eingeteilt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlhelmshaven
- wihlelmshaven
- wilehlmshaven
- wilhellmshaven
- wilhelmhsaven
- wilhelmmshaven
- wilhelmsahven
- wilhelmshaevn
- wilhelmshavenn
- wilhelmshavne
- wilhelmshavven
- wilhelmshhaven
- wilhelmshvaen
- wilhelmsshaven
- wilhelsmhaven
- wilhemlshaven
- wilhhelmshaven
- wilhlemshaven
- willhelmshaven
- wlihelmshaven
- wwilhelmshaven
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wilhelmshaven - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Wilhelmshaven", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 21 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,740 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.