Winterkorn
The verdict
“Winterkorn” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #40,968 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,968
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Getreide, das im Herbst ausgesät und in den Sommermonaten des Folgejahres abgeerntet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Winterkorn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪntɐˌkɔʁn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Winterkorn” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Winterkorn is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɪntɐˌkɔʁn]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,968 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Winterkorn, with forms such as "iwnterkorn", "winetrkorn", and "winnterkorn". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Winterkorn, spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-K-O-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Getreide, das im Herbst ausgesät und in den Sommermonaten des Folgejahres abgeerntet wird
- 2bestimmte Art von [1] wie Wintergerste, Winterroggen, Winterweizen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwnterkorn,winetrkorn,winnterkorn,wintekrorn,winterkkorn,winterkonr,winterkornn,winterkorrn,winterkron,winterokrn,winterrkorn,wintrekorn,wintterkorn,witnerkorn,wniterkorn,wwinterkorn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Winterkorn — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Winterkorn"
Frequency rank: #40,968 in German
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Using “Winterkorn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-N-T-E-R-K-O-R-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɪntɐˌkɔʁn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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