Wohnhaus
[ˈvoːnˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Wohnhaus” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,659
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haus, das zum Bewohnen gedacht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohnhaus · Wohnhaus · German
Wohnhaus · rank #8,659 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,659
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH when
Nearest frequency peer: when (-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 “Wohnhaus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Weltcup
Weltcup
91,345 corpus weight
- Wettkampf
Wettkampf
91,344 corpus weight
- when
when
91,343 corpus weight
- Wohnhaus
Wohnhaus
91,342 corpus weight
- wohnst
wohnst
91,341 corpus weight
- word
word
91,340 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wohnhaus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wohnhaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːnˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Wohnhaus” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Wohnhaus (IPA [ˈvoːnˌhaʊ̯s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,659 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Haus, das zum Bewohnen gedacht ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wohnhaus, with forms such as "owhnhaus", "whonhaus", and "wohhnaus". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Wohnraum", "Wohnhäuser", "Wohnhauses", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Wohnhaus, spelled W-O-H-N-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Haus, das zum Bewohnen gedacht ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wohnhaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hier wird ein Wohnhaus gebaut.
„Bei der Explosion eines Wohnhauses in Stuhr bei Bremen ist am Freitag ein 59-jähriger Mann lebensgefährlich verletzt worden.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owhnhaus
- whonhaus
- wohhnaus
- wohhnhaus
- wohnahus
- wohnhasu
- wohnhauss
- wohnhhaus
- wohnhuas
- wohnnhaus
- wonhhaus
- wwohnhaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wohnhaus - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wohnhaus", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Wohnhaus". Here's where to go from here.
- "Wohnhaus" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Wohnraum". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,659 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.