Dortmund
The verdict
“Dortmund” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,454
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dortmund |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dortmund” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Dortmund, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,454 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dortmund, with forms such as "ddortmund", "dormtund", and "dorrtmund". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Dortmund, spelled D-O-R-T-M-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddortmund
- dormtund
- dorrtmund
- dortmmund
- dortmnud
- dortmudn
- dortmundd
- dortmunnd
- dorttmund
- dortumnd
- dotrmund
- drotmund
- odrtmund
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dortmund - 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 “Dortmund”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-R-T-M-U-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.