Wohnraum
[ˈvoːnˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Wohnraum” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,550
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Zimmer, welches zum Schlafen oder Wohnen dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohnraum · Wohnraum · German
Wohnraum · rank #7,550 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,550
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wohlstand
Nearest frequency peer: Wohlstand (-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 „Wohnraum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Weiber
Weiber
92,454 corpus weight
- weswegen
weswegen
92,453 corpus weight
- Wohlstand
Wohlstand
92,452 corpus weight
- Wohnraum
Wohnraum
92,451 corpus weight
- Zeile
Zeile
92,450 corpus weight
- zeitgleich
zeitgleich
92,449 corpus weight
What this shows „Wohnraum“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Wohnraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːnˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wohnraum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Wohnraum (IPA [ˈvoːnˌʁaʊ̯m]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,550 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wohnraum, with forms such as "owhnraum", "whonraum", and "wohhnraum". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Wohnbau", "Wohnhaus", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wohnraum, spelled W-O-H-N-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1ein Zimmer, welches zum Schlafen oder Wohnen dient
- 2Sammelbegriff für alle Wohnungen und Wohnhäuser in einer gewissen Umgebung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wohnraum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Polizei durchsuchte nochmals die Wohnräume des Verdächtigen.
„Meine Freude wurde allerdings bald getrübt, da die Suche nach bezahlbarem Wohnraum mich beinahe in den Wahnsinn trieb.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owhnraum
- whonraum
- wohhnraum
- wohnarum
- wohnnraum
- wohnramu
- wohnraumm
- wohnrraum
- wohnruam
- wohrnaum
- wonhraum
- wwohnraum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wohnraum - 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 "Wohnraum", 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).