Potsdam
/ˈpɑtsdæm/
"potsdam" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Potsdam” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,888
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the state capital of Brandenburg, Germany, located near Berlin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Potsdam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑtsdæm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Potsdam” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Potsdam (IPA /ˈpɑtsdæm/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,888 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Potsdam, with forms such as "optsdam", "postdam", and "potdsam". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Potsdam, spelled P-O-T-S-D-A-M.
Definition
- 1A city, the state capital of Brandenburg, Germany, located near Berlin.
- 2A town in Buffalo City municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
- 3An unincorporated community in Farmington Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States.
- 4A town and village therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States.
- 5A village in Miami County, Ohio, United States.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- optsdam
- postdam
- potdsam
- potsadm
- potsdamm
- potsddam
- potsdma
- potssdam
- pottsdam
- ppotsdam
- ptosdam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Potsdam - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Potsdam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-T-S-D-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɑtsdæm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.