Dantzig
\dɑ̃.tsiɡ\
The verdict
“Dantzig” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,274
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancien nom de Gdańsk, ville de Pologne et port sur la mer Baltique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dantzig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dɑ̃.tsiɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dantzig” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Dantzig (IPA \dɑ̃.tsiɡ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,274 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien nom de Gdańsk, ville de Pologne et port sur la mer Baltique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dantzig, with forms such as "adntzig", "danntzig", and "dantizg". 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Dantzig, spelled D-A-N-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de Gdańsk, ville de Pologne et port sur la mer Baltique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adntzig
- danntzig
- dantizg
- danttzig
- dantzgi
- dantzigg
- dantzzig
- danztig
- datnzig
- ddantzig
- dnatzig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dantzig - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Dantzig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-N-T-Z-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɑ̃.tsiɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.